What drives poor quality of care for child diarrhea? Experimental evidence from India

Z Wagner, M Mohanan, R Zutshi, A Mukherji, N Sood - Science, 2024 - science.org
Most health care providers in developing countries know that oral rehydration salts (ORS)
are a lifesaving and inexpensive treatment for child diarrhea, yet few prescribe it. This know …

A double-blind clinical trial to compare the efficacy and safety of a multiple amino acid-based ORS with the standard WHO-ORS in the management of non-cholera …

R Das, RA Sobi, AA Sultana, B Nahar, PK Bardhan… - Trials, 2022 - Springer
Background Diarrhea is the second deadliest disease for under-five children globally and
the situation is more serious in developing countries. Oral rehydration solution (ORS) is …

Slow progress in diarrhea case management in low and middle income countries: evidence from cross-sectional national surveys, 1985–2012

CT Sreeramareddy, YP Low, BC Forsberg - BMC pediatrics, 2017 - Springer
Background Diarrhea remains to be a main cause of childhood mortality. Diarrhea case
management indicators reflect the effectiveness of child survival interventions. We aimed to …

When financial incentives backfire: evidence from a community health worker experiment in Uganda

Z Wagner, JB Asiimwe, DI Levine - Journal of Development Economics, 2020 - Elsevier
There is growing support for an entrepreneurial community health worker (CHW) model, but
the benefits of such a design are unclear. We randomly assigned CHWs in Uganda to sell …

A half century of oral rehydration therapy in childhood gastroenteritis: toward increasing uptake and improving coverage

AM Khan, JE Wright, ZA Bhutta - Digestive diseases and sciences, 2020 - Springer
Termed by the Lancet, as “potentially the most important medical advance of the twentieth
century,” therapy with oral rehydration solutions (ORSs) has been essential to reducing …

Assessing safety and efficacy of a novel glucose-free amino acid oral rehydration solution for watery diarrhea management in children: a randomized, controlled …

PK Bardhan, R Das, B Nahar, MA Haque, RA Sobi… - …, 2024 - thelancet.com
Background Diarrhoeal disease poses a significant global health challenge, especially in
children under three years old. Despite the effectiveness of oral rehydration therapy (ORT) …

Oral rehydration salts therapy use among children under five years of age with diarrhea in Ethiopia

NB Ebrahim, MS Atteraya - Journal of public health research, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
Background Oral rehydration salts (ORS) therapy for diarrheal diseases is considered an
effective therapy that can be applied in many resource-poor settings. Nevertheless, it has …

[HTML][HTML] Barriers to utilisation of oral rehydration solution and zinc in managing diarrhoea among under-5 children in Oyo State, Nigeria

AF Fagbamigbe, J Juma, J Kariuki - BMJ Paediatrics Open, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Despite its effectiveness, oral rehydration solution (ORS) and zinc use for managing
diarrhoea among under-5 children (U5C) is low in Nigeria. We assessed the barriers to …

Does the market reward quality? Evidence from India

Z Wagner, S Banerjee, M Mohanan, N Sood - International Journal of …, 2023 - Springer
There are two salient facts about health care in low and middle-income countries;(1) the
private sector plays an important role and (2) the care provided is often of poor quality …

The influence of customer-medicine seller transactional dynamics on childhood diarrhoea management: a qualitative study in Ghana

L Rosapep, E Sanders, K Banke - Health policy and planning, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Abstract In 2004, the World Health Organization (WHO) and United Nations Children's Fund
(UNICEF) jointly revised the recommended treatment for acute paediatric diarrhoea to …