title: Global review on ORT (oral rehydration therapy) programme with special reference to Indian scene.
abstract: This communication is an attempt to review the status and implementation of the Oral Rehydration Therapy in the programme for Control for Diarrhoeal Diseases. The Global and the Indian situations are separately discussed, with more emphasis on the latter. Use of Home Available Fluids (HAF), Salt Sugar Solution (SSS). Commercial packets of ORS and the Government supplied packets of ORS are also assessed.
authors.affiliation: National Institute of Cholera and Enteric Diseases, Calcutta.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sarkar
authors.forename: B K
authors.initials: BK
authors.lastname: Sircar
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Roy
authors.forename: B C
authors.initials: BC
authors.lastname: Deb
authors.forename: A B
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Biswas
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Biswas
mesh_terms: D002675:Child, Preschool; D003967:Diarrhea / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000401:mortality / Q000628:therapy*; D005440:Fluid Therapy; D006801:Humans; D007194:India / Q000453:epidemiology; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn