MaximsNewsNetwork: DIARRHEA KILLS MORE CHILDREN THAT AIDS, MALARIA & MEASLES: UNICEF

MaximsNewsNetwork: 13 October 2009 - UNICEF: Diarrhea kills more children than AIDS, malaria, and measles combined. UNICEF and the World Health Organization are releasing a new report with the aim of refocusing global efforts to prevent and treat this leading cause of child mortality.

Fewer than 40 percent of children in developing countries get adequate treatment when they contract diarrhea. As a result, more children die of the disease than of AIDS, measles and malaria combined.

An estimated 1.5 billion children die of dehydration, poor nutrition and a compromised immune system associated with diarrhea. But the disease is rarely acknowledged as the leading killer it is:

SOUNDBITE (English) Clarissa Brocklehurst, Chief, Water, Sanitation and Hygiene, UNICEF:
Its a disappointment to many of us that diarrhea has slipped so much, given that it is such a huge factor in child survival and its a bit of a mystery as to why that has happened. Of course other diseases have come in and caught the spotlight. What it means is that the spending on the ways to reduce diarrheal disease is completely disproportionate to its impact.

A new report from UNICEF and the World Health Organization presents a seven point plan to reduce the burden of diarrhea, particularly in developing Africa and south Asia.

In particular, the report highlights the use of oral re-hydration salts and zinc to combat dehydration.
ORS one of the major medical advancements of the 20th century - have been improved. Recent data shows that when coupled with zinc, its re-hydration power is significantly boosted. But zinc is still largely unavailable in the countries that need it.
The same is true of a new vaccine that has the potential to eliminate the main cause of disease. The rotavirus vaccine.
SOUNDBITE (English) Mark Young UNICEF Sr. Health Specialist:
"It's affordable by our standards but it is a rather expensive vaccine when you talk about the millions of children that will need it in India, in Bangladesh, in Ethiopia. So there is definitely a cost involved donors will have to step up to the plate to be sure that the funding is there.
Other measures to reduce diarrhea, like promoting breastfeeding and handwashing are already in place and need to be scaled up. Still others, improving water supply and sanitation infrastructure, demand more financial investment.

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[gadionson1]

wooh how dangerous. nice information.

[mom22many09]

Yes vaccines may hurt some its a chance~vaccines will save many more....only the strong survive, cant save everyone from everything~

[Snowspell]

@Janicide

Gastrointestinitis is exactly what my daughter suffered from right after her MMR vaccine. Since then she has been unvaccinated! She became so ill that she could not hold down fluids, vomitted and had diarrhea, and severe gas pains for 5 days straight. She would shake as though she was freezing and was too weak to cry. I had to take her to the hospital at 1 in the morning because it became so severe. I cried and cried. There was nothing else I could do for her =(

[Janicide]

There's a correlation between vaccines (given to children under 2 yrs old) and diarrhea. Babies in Canada are developing gastro-intestinal disease and diarrhea as a result of the MMR booster, and/or the flu shot. Autism rates are climbing too. It's clear from this video that those babies are being injected with who knows what. Was it given after or prior to the diarrhea? Specialists agree that we should not be shooting-up babies, so while UNICEF workers think there are doing good, are they?