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Lincoln C. Chen
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Ford Foundation, New Delhi, India
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Nevin S. Scrimshaw
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Massachustts Institute of Technology, USA
MIT/Harvard International Food and Nutrition Program, USA
World Hunger Program, United Nations University, USA
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Table of contents (19 chapters)
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Diarrhea Pathophysiology and Epidemiology
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- Robert E. Black, Michael H. Merson, Kenneth H. Brown
Pages 73-86
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Mechanisms of Diarrhea and Malnutrition
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Front Matter
Pages 111-111
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- A. M. Molla, Ayesha Molla, S. A. Sarker, M. Mujibur Rahaman
Pages 113-123
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- Reynaldo Martorell, Charles Yarbrough
Pages 125-141
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- Ayesha Molla, A. M. Molla, S. A. Sarker, M. Khatoon, M. Mujibur Rahaman
Pages 143-154
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- M. Mujibur Rahaman, M. A. Wahed
Pages 155-160
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- Elizabeth D. Moyer, Michael C. Powanda
Pages 161-173
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Interventions against Diarrhea and Malnutrition
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Front Matter
Pages 175-175
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- Leonardo Mata, MarÃa A. Allen, Patricia Jiménez, Maria E. GarcÃa, William Vargas, MarÃa E. RodrÃguez et al.
Pages 177-202
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About this book
There are several reasons why a consolidation of recent advances in our understanding of the interaction of diarrhea and malnutrition is indi cated and timely. It is now widely recognized that diarrhea is a major cause of morbidity and mortality among children of poor countries. Due to recent advances in laboratory and field diagnostic techniques, many of the previously unrecognized etiologic agents responsible for diarrhea have been identified, thereby providing new scientific knowledge for rational control strategies. Increasingly these advances suggest that the morbidity burden of diarrhea may be of equal, if not greater, public health consequence than mortality. Diarrhea only rarely causes disease severe enough to require institutionalized medical care. The vast major ity of diseases are of mild or moderate severity, and because of high prev alence, diarrhea imposes an enormous morbidity burden and exerts a sig nificant negative impact on child growth and development. Moreover, the effects of successive episodes of diarrhea are likely to be cumulative. In contrast to several other childhood infections, the treatment of the diarrheal diseases is feasible because it uses simple, effective, and low cost medical technologies. Within the context of these developments, there has been a major resurgence of international interest in, and commitment to, the control of the diarrheal diseases. The World Health Organization recently has launched a global program for the control of diarrhea, and simulta neously, an independent international research center on diarrhea has been established in Bangladesh.
Editors and Affiliations
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Ford Foundation, New Delhi, India
Lincoln C. Chen
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Massachustts Institute of Technology, USA
Nevin S. Scrimshaw
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MIT/Harvard International Food and Nutrition Program, USA
Nevin S. Scrimshaw
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World Hunger Program, United Nations University, USA
Nevin S. Scrimshaw
