Diarrheal diseases remain a leading public health problem, particularly in children in
developing countries. Young children (less than 5 years of age) are the most affected in …

Globally diarrheal diseases account for almost a fifth of all deaths of children under 5 years,
with an estimated 2.2 million deaths annually. Of these deaths, a significant proportion are …

Despite considerable advances in the understanding and management of diarrheal
disorders in childhood, they are still responsible for an estimated 2.2 million childhood …

Persistent diarrhea continues to pose enormous challenges globally. With the substantial
overall reduction in childhood mortality from acute diarrhea, the share of mortality due to …

Nearly a decade ago the World Health Organization (WHO) estimated that there were
approximately 700 million episodes of diarrhea annually among children under 5 years old …

Persistent diarrhea (ie acute episodes lasting more than 14 days) has been recognized by
the WHO as a major public health problem in developing countries and a research topic of …

With improved management of acute episodes of infectious diarrhoea, increased attention is
now being given to persistent diarrhoea and its nutritional consequences and associated …

Diarrhea is the leading cause of death in children younger than 5 years of age; persistent
diarrhea accounts for 30 to 50 percent of those deaths in developing countries. Malnutrition …

Acute diarrhea is a leading cause of under-five mortality in developing countries like India.
Most of the diarrheal episodes recover within 14 days. However in certain cases acute …

During the past decades, as improvements in treating acute diarrheal disease in children in
developing countries have affected morbidity and mortality, persistent diarrhea (diarrhea …