The role of price and convenience in use of oral rehydration salts to treat child diarrhea: A cluster randomized trial in Uganda.
BACKGROUND:Over half a million children die each year of diarrheal illness, although nearly all deaths could be prevented with oral rehydration salts (ORS). The literature on ORS documents both impressive health benefits and persistent underuse. At the same time, little is known about why ORS is und...
Main Authors: | Zachary Wagner, John Bosco Asiimwe, William H Dow, David I Levine |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2019-01-01
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Series: | PLoS Medicine |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1002734 |
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