The effectiveness bundling of zinc with Oral Rehydration Salts (ORS) for improving adherence to acute watery diarrhea treatment in Ethiopia: cluster randomised controlled trial

The effectiveness bundling of zinc with Oral Rehydration Salts (ORS) for improving adherence to acute watery diarrhea treatment in Ethiopia: cluster randomised controlled trial

Abstract Background Presumably bundling/co-packaging of zinc with ORS encourages the combined use of the products for diarrhea treatment; however, empirical evidences are scarce. The purpose of this work is to evaluate whether co-packing using a plastic pouch can enhance the joint adherence to the t...

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Main Authors: Samson Gebremedhin, Girma Mamo, Henock Gezahign, Jacqueline Kung’u, Abdulaziz Adish
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2016-05-01
Series:BMC Public Health
Subjects:
ORS
Zinc
Bundling
Co-packing
Adherence
Ethiopia
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12889-016-3126-6

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