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Oral rehydration at home--with a little help from friends
1Department of Paediatrics, College of Medicine, Edo State University, Nigeria.
World Health Forum
|January 1, 1997
Abstract:
A training workshop was organized for selected members of two village populations in north-eastern Nigeria, whereby they acquired knowledge and skills enabling them to spread the word and practice of oral rehydration therapy for children suffering from diarrhoea in their communities. The difficulties encountered and the gains achieved in this empowerment programme are described below.