Strategies

Reactive Strategies

ORT

Oral Rehydration Therapy (ORT) was introduced in 1979 and is now given to the majority of children with diarrhea. The annual number of death attributable to diarrhea in children under 5 has dropped from about 4.5 million in 1980 to 1.5 million today. Using the PolioPlus model, cost-effective interventions like ORT can be successfully delivered through national programs. Both the cause and the treatment can be addressed.

Proactive Strategies

Building Wells

Health Education

 

last updated 25 May 2006