… Acceleration of reductions in deaths due to pneumonia and diarrhoea, which together …
child deaths every year, is essential if the target is to be met. Scaling up of existing interventions …

… Diarrhoeal disease was the second leading cause of death … against these organisms are
essential for the control of … allocation is essential for the control of childhood diarrhoeal diseases …

… , diarrhoea remains the second leading cause of death due to … younger than five dying of
diarrhoea annually.2 Childhood … , and incorporation of zinc into essential medicines lists.49 …

… The second most common cause of death is acute respiratory … the poor, it is essential not
to create the impression that these … Interventions for the control of diarrhoeal diseases among …

… b Assuming that 47% of diarrhoea deaths in children under 5 years occur in children aged
6-… c Assuming that 74% of diarrhoea deaths in the children under 5 years occur inchildren …

… We have therefore focused on an essential set of interventions judged to be feasible for …
for which there is sufficient (level 1) evidence of effectiveness against deaths due to diarrhoea, …

… WASH interventions reduced risk of diarrhoea in children in LMICs. Interventions supplying
either water filtered at … They are also essential for up-to-date assessments of the burden of …

Millions of children still die unnecessarily from pneumonia and diarrhoea, mainly in resource-poor …
, and prioritise childhood pneumonia and diarrhoea deaths in the coming decade. …

… and diarrhoeal disease cause almost half of all child deaths globally. Effective interventions
against these conditions are available and could prevent about two-thirds of these deaths. …

… deaths are of children under five years of age living in low- and middle- income countries.
Interventions … Bangladeshi children with acute diarrhoea and persistent diarrhoea syndrome. J …