Falling diarrhoea mortality in Northeastern Brazil: Did ORT play a role?
This study provides data that supports the impact of ORS on dramatic reductions in diarrhea deaths recorded after its introduction in Brazil in the 1980s. Victora C, Olinto M, Barros F, Nobre L. Health Policy and Planning. 11(2):132–141. pdf English 707 kb Impact of oral rehydration and selected public health interventions on reduction of mortality from childhood diarrhoeal diseases in Mexico (1996) This study evaluates the impact of education, ORS introduction, and sanitation improvements on the incidence of diarrheal disease mortality in Mexico between 1978 and 1993. Gutierrez G, et al. Bulletin of the World Health Organization.74(2):189–197. pdf English/Espaol 430 kb Multicentre evaluation of reduced-osmolarity oral rehydration salts solution (abstract only; 1995) The investigators in this study compared the efficacy of reduced-osmolarity and standard ORS in children with acute diarrhea in four developing countries and determined that reduced-osmolarity ORS is the more appropriate i
