Recent news on Oral Rehydration Salts

Iraqi children in danger, warns UN  -  May 23, 2007
Daily Times,120000 people a day in Baghdad as well as providing basic health and obstetric kits, oral rehydration salts for diarrhoea and other medical supplies. afp.

Day Five - A diary from the world's poorest country, Niger  -  Apr 30, 2007
UNICEF UK (press release),We visited the centre’s pharmacy where we saw UNICEF supplies such as antibiotics, anti-malarial pills, vaccinations, oral rehydration salts and de-worming

MEDEX Assistance's New & Expanded Array of Emergency Take-Along ...  -  May 15, 2007
PR Newswire (press release),...for developing countries ($79.95) that also provides oral rehydration salts, sterile sutures and syringes and a wilderness and travel medicine guide.

Somalia: UNICEF condemns shelling of Mogadishu hospital and calls ...  -  Apr 27, 2007
ReliefWeb (press release),UNICEF assistance has included chlorination of water sources, four water 5000-litre water bladders for areas around Mogadishu, Oral Rehydration Salts and

Tanzania: Country Makes First Zinc Tablets in Africa  -  May 1, 2007
AllAfrica.com,...statement recommending the use of zinc with a new type of Oral Rehydration Salts as a two-pronged approach to improving the acute diarrhoea in children.

Somalia: Displaced facing Cholera Threat  -  May 1, 2007
AllAfrica.com,Abdi said her facility, which was receiving about 30 patients per day, was running out of such basic supplies as oral rehydration salts.

Police 'beat the heat' kiosks — not really!  -  Apr 30, 2007
Kolkata Newsline,Another traffic constable in South Kolkata said: “The traffic department has taken the initiative to make some drinks available like Oral Rehydration Salts

Red Cross launches Darfur appeal  -  Apr 27, 2007
ITV.com,A week's supply of oral rehydration salts for 100 children costs £35. To donate to the British Red Cross Darfur appeal, call 0845 054 7206 or go to

Red Cross launches Darfur appeal  -  Apr 26, 2007
ITV.com,The charity said £4 would feed a critically malnourished child for a week. A week's supply of oral rehydration salts for 100 children costs £35.

Red Cross launches Darfur appeal  -  26 Apr 2007
ITV.com,The charity said £4 would feed a critically malnourished child for a week. A week's supply of oral rehydration salts for 100 children costs £35.

Conflict delaying response to thousands in Mogadishu  -  Apr 23, 2007
UNICEF UK (press release),Health posts and Maternal and Child Health clinics are also receiving Oral Rehydration Salts and intravenous rehydration kits for the treatment of diarrhoea

Iraq situation report Apr 2007 - External  -  Apr 19, 2007
ReliefWeb (press release),UNICEF is pre-positioning millions of sachets of Oral Rehydration Salts (ORS) to help save lives should an outbreak occur. We will also shortly be resuming

UN Somalia humanitarian chief warns of catastrophe  -  Apr 19, 2007
ReliefWeb (press release),..."Unless people have access to treatment and oral rehydration salts they are not going to survive," Laroche said, adding that the interim government was not

An Army of Housewives Battles TB in Bangladesh  -  Apr 5, 2007
Tuscaloosa News (subscription),...that small thing, which included acetaminophen for aches and pains, oral rehydration salts for people suffering from diarrhea, sanitary napkins,

Iraq Situation Report Mar 2007 – External  -  Apr 17, 2007
ReliefWeb (press release),UNICEF and WHO are currently upgrading preparedness for the "diarrhoea season", stockpiling oral rehydration salts, increasing awareness about hygiene and

AAI gives $.5-M aid to Sulu  -  Apr 18, 2007
Manila Mail,The shipment includes a broad spectrum of vital antibiotics, burn ointments, oral rehydration salts, and anti- parasitic medicines for 50000 elementary and

Somalia: Stemming the spread of waterborne diseases  -  Mar 29, 2007
Garowe Online,In support of the National Society, the ICRC distributed 11000 doses of oral rehydration salts and soap to 23 Somali Red Crescent clinics during the floods.

UN CONTINUES AIDING TSUNAMI-HIT SOLOMON ISLANDS, BUT SOME AREAS ...  -  Apr 13, 2007
MaximsNews.com,The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has sent tens of thousands of packets of oral rehydration salts, while several non-governmental organizations (NGOs) are

UN Continues Aiding Tsunami-Hit Solomon Islands  -  Apr 12, 2007
NewsBlaze,The UN Children's Fund (<"http://www.unicef.org/infobycountry/solomonislands.html">UNICEF) has sent tens of thousands of packets of oral rehydration salts,

Communicable diseases under control in Solomon Islands  -  Apr 12, 2007
ReliefWeb (press release),UNICEF sent tens of thousands of packets of oral rehydration salts to Gizo, while Save the Children (SCF) distributed basic medicines and water purification

Sudan: Programme Update,Transitional Programme, Appeal no. MAASD001  -  Apr 4, 2007
ReliefWeb (press release),The volunteers also cleaned close to 3000 water points, distributed 32000 chlorine tablets, demonstrated the use of oral rehydration salts (ORS) and reached

Direct Relief responds to severe flooding in Bolivia  -  27 Mar 2007
ReliefWeb (press release),The assistance, valued at $403517 (wholesale), includes basic antibiotics, analgesics, oral rehydration salts, medicated topical creams, and assorted basic

Somalia: Acute Watery Diarrhoea Kills 80  -  Mar 20, 2007
AllAfrica.com,..."We have been delivering ORS [oral rehydration salts] to the outlying villages to those who are suffering the most, and transporting others to the treatment

MAP Provides Meds for Haiti  -  Mar 22, 2007
Reuters AlertNet,Medical professionals saved her life by administering oral rehydration salts provided by MAP. Drobinski said such situations are common.

Iraq water shortage called major health issue  -  Mar 22, 2007
NavyTimes.com,UNICEF said it is stockpiling millions of sachets of oral rehydration salts to prepare for possible diarrhea outbreaks, and the World Health Organization is

Lack of drinking water in Iraq threatens to boost diarrhea, major ...  -  Mar 22, 2007
International Herald Tribune,UNICEF is pre-positioning millions of sachets of oral rehydration salts to prepare for possible diarrhea outbreaks, and WHO is helping the government to

Safe water shortage threatens Iraq’s children  -  Mar 22, 2007
UNICEF UK (press release),UNICEF is also pre-positioning millions of sachets of Oral Rehydration Salts to prepare for possible diarrhoea outbreaks, while WHO is helping the

20 - NGO to donate US$ 500000 medicines for Sulu hospital  -  Mar 20, 2007
Balita.org,Bing Mcbranigin, AAI coordinator, told PNA that the medicines consisting of antibiotics, burn ointments, oral rehydration salts, and anti-parasitic

Nigeria: Floods Minor Emergency No. 05ME051 Final Report  -  Mar 15, 2007
ReliefWeb (press release),The World Heath Organization (WHO) conducted vaccination campaigns in the camps and distributed oral rehydration salts (ORS). The United Nations Children’s

How Iraq Trillion Could Have Been Spent  -  Mar 8, 2007
Just International,...or a 10-cent dose of oral rehydration salts as well as the main but still very far from prohibitive cost of people to administer the programs.

AAI Medical Support to Sulu  -  Mar 7, 2007
Asianjournal.com,The shipment includes a broad spectrum of vital antibiotics, burn ointments, oral rehydration salts, and anti- parasitic medicines for 50000 elementary and

Health indices for State show little improvement  -  Mar 1, 2007
Hindu,...of children under three years who suffer from diarrhoea have access to a health facility while a mere 31 per cent receive oral rehydration salts (ORS).

Uganda: Cholera outbreak DREF Bulletin No. MDRUG001 Interim Final ...  -  Mar 1, 2007
ReliefWeb (press release),The government also dealt with water treatment (chlorination)a nd distribution of oral rehydration salts (ORS)to the affected people through the health

As India booms, its health stagnates  -  Feb 22, 2007
Chicago Tribune,The percentage of children with diarrhea given oral rehydration salts--a cheap and often lifesaving treatment--fell slightly over seven years,

UN Agencies Rush Aid to Fight Deadly Illness in Flood-Ravaged Somalia  -  Feb 13, 2007
NewsBlaze,Last week, UNICEF also airlifted into central southern Somalia over 5000 bars of soap, 50 thousand sachets of oral rehydration salts and 200 intravenous

Despite insecurity UN responds to flood-related disease outbreak ...  -  Feb 13, 2007
SomaliNetJust last week, UNICEF airlifted into Central Southern Somalia over five thousand bars of soap, 50 thousand sachets of oral rehydration salts and 200

CHF and DRI provide relief to Jakarta flood survivors  -  Feb 13, 2007
ReliefWeb (press release),The aid, worth $280550 (wholesale), contains basic antibiotics, rice-based oral rehydration salts, wound dressings and anti-fungals, all of which were

Namibia: Floods and cholera Information Bulletin No. 1  -  Feb 19, 2007
ReliefWeb (press release),150 jerry cans, 20 life jackets, water resistant torches, batteries, helmets with lights, gas lamps and oral rehydration salts (ORS).

Angola Red Cross volunteers bring essential help to hundreds of ...  -  Feb 15, 2007
ReliefWeb (press release),...“We rescue families, register them, install tents, build latrines, and distribute relief items such as mosquito nets, oral rehydration salts and soap,� says

DR Congo: Cholera in Pointe Noire DREF Bulletin No. MDRCG002  -  Feb 12, 2007
ReliefWeb (press release),UNICEF has provided oral rehydration salts (ORS) and disinfectants. In addition, within the framework of collaboration among partners, Médecins Sans

Even Amid Its Wealth, India Finds, Half Its Small Children Are ...  -  Feb 9, 2007
New York Times,...to a toilet (44 percent nationwide) and the proportion of children who suffered from diarrhea and who were given oral rehydration salts (58 percent).

Indonesia: UN agencies step up food, health aid to flood victims  -  Feb 7, 2007
Associated Press of Pakistan,...is preparing to provide jerry cans for carrying drinking water, as well as water-purification tablets, oral rehydration salts and other supplies.

Indonesia: UN Agencies Step Up Food, Health Aid to Flood Victims  -  Feb 7, 2007
NewsBlaze,...jerry cans for carrying drinking water, as well as water-purification tablets, oral rehydration salts and other supplies.

More aid needed for thousands displaced by severe flooding in Jakarta  -  Feb 7, 2007
ReliefWeb (press release),UNICEF is preparing to provide jerry cans for carrying potable water, as well as water-purification tablets, oral rehydration salts and other supplies.

Somalia: Cholera Kills 82 in Central Region  -  Feb 5, 2007
AllAfrica.com,At the moment, he added, there were enough oral rehydration salts: "But if the situation does not stabilise soon we will need to get more resources to

Who's Counting: How Iraq Trillion Could Have Been Spent  -  Feb 4, 2007
KTRE,...or a 10-cent dose of oral rehydration salts as well as the main but still very far from prohibitive cost of people to administer the programs.

Uganda: URCS distributes soap in cholera prone areas  -  Jan 29, 2007
ReliefWeb (press release),In an effort to reach out to these people, Uganda Red Cross Society (URCS) is giving out items such as soap and Oral Rehydration Salts (ORS) to people in

DR Congo: Cholera in the Uvira and Fizi territories DREF Bulletin ...  -  Jan 10, 2007
ReliefWeb (press release),...and Fizi territories, with the support of United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) who provided inputs such as chlorine and oral rehydration salts (ORS).

Weight loss/gain before/after  -  Dec 20, 2006
Backpacking Light (subscription),Ended up using WHO oral rehydration salts at half strength on the strenuous days and miso soup at night. End of cramps.

Oxfam's response to flooding in North and East Aceh  -  Dec 28, 2006
ReliefWeb (press release),...jerry cans, water tanks, tap stands, chlorine (for water purification), oral rehydration salts, soap, sleeping mats for children, cooking equipment,

Death for lack of Rs 1.25  -  Dec 4, 2006
HardNews Magazine,That is the price of one packet of Oral Rehydration Salts (ORS) that can cure a child of acute diarrhoea. But lakhs of children do not get it and are

Weight loss/gain before/after  -  Dec 20, 2006
Backpacking Light (subscription),Ended up using WHO oral rehydration salts at half strength on the strenuous days and miso soup at night. End of cramps.

Rotavirus: most common infection  -  Dec 10, 2006
Kuensel, Buhutan's National Newspaper,Pediatricians also emphasise daily dosage of fluids like ORS (oral rehydration salts) and other fluids to be given to the child at home to prevent severe

Uganda: Number of Cholera Cases Increases to 511  -  Dec 15, 2006
AllAfrica.com,...people on how to promote personal hygiene and prevent themselves from contracting cholera while providing patients with oral rehydration salts.

Somalia: Flood Situation Report - 13 Dec 2006  -  Dec 13, 2006
ReliefWeb (press release),...materials and blankets to 49800 rain-affected people in Mogadishu; and provided soap and 11000 doses of oral rehydration salts to 23 SRCS clinics.

Latest report on ICRC activities in the field - Severe floods ...  -  Dec 8, 2006
Reuters AlertNet,12 wells are being cleaned and disinfected · 23 SRCS clinics received soap and 11000 doses of oral rehydration salts · 550 people in Lower Shabelle were

Somalis caught between war and floods  -  Dec 6, 2006
Daily Nation (subscription),Some relief supplies – water bladders, therapeutic feeding centres, maize and rice, oral rehydration salts and emergency health kits, plastic sheeting and

Red Cross appeals for HK$57 million to assist Philippine typhoon ...  -  Dec 6, 2006
ReliefWeb (press release),The funds will be used to provide food parcels, household kits, shelters, hygiene kits, oral rehydration salts, psychological support, as well as disaster

Long-term package  -  Dec 3, 2006
Business Standard,...child resistant blister packs, and packaging for other products like oral rehydration salts, sutures and cough drops,which are mainly imported in India.

Anomalous fever runs rampant in Maldives  -  Dec 3, 2006
Haveeru Daily,We are sure that it’sa viral fever, so patients should drink a lot of water and have ORS (Oral Rehydration Salts) in addition to medicine.�

Panama – Floods OCHA Situation Report No. 1  -  Nov 30, 2006
ReliefWeb (press release),UNICEF has supplied these EOCs with oral rehydration salts, water purification tablets and collapsible jerrycans. UNETE has also provided technical support

Going beyond the commercial breaks  -  Nov 27, 2006
Financial Express,Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi advocating the use of oral rehydration salts to Parvati of Kahani Ghar Ghar Ki supporting education for the girl child),

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