Private sector provision of oral rehydration therapy for child diarrhea in sub-Saharan Africa

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 90, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 939-944

  Sood, Neeraj ^a   Wagner, Zachary ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ARTICLE; BENIN; BURKINA FASO; BURUNDI; CAMEROON; CHAD; CONGO; DEMOGRAPHY; DIARRHEA; ETHIOPIA; GHANA; GUINEA; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; KENYA; LESOTHO; LIBERIA; MADAGASCAR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAWI; MALI; MOZAMBIQUE; NAMIBIA; NIGER; NIGERIA; ORAL REHYDRATION THERAPY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; RURAL AREA; RWANDA; SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE; SENEGAL; SIERRA LEONE; SWAZILAND; TANZANIA; UGANDA; URBAN AREA; ZAMBIA; ZIMBABWE;

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEHYDRATION; DIARRHEA; FLUID THERAPY; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFANT; PRIVATE SECTOR; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84900408583     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.13-0279     Document Type: Article

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