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Zinc tablets with oral rehydration salts (ORS) could save lives from diarrhea

By Hicbd
Wed Feb 12 2020 6:27 pm

"Annually, up to 1.5 million children die of diarrhea disease. While the use of ORS to treat diarrhea has been used for decades now, recent studies have shown that adding a 10-day course of zinc supplements can not only help children recover faster, it can even save their lives."

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https://www.nutritionintl.org/2010/06/zinc-pilot-program-guatemala-ready-scale/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3113371/
http://depts.washington.edu/gwach/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/Lamberti_BMGF_UW_presentation_Jan042017.pdf

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Vitamins / Supplements Global Health Diarrheal Diseases

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