title: Diarrhoeal disease--epidemiology and intervention.
abstract: The causes of the complex triad of gastro-enteritis, other related infections and malnutrition have at their roots poverty, lack of political will, overpopulation and destruction of the environment. Intervention involves multiple sectors of the economy and not only the health services of a country, and should take place as early as possible during the natural history of the disease.
authors.affiliation: Department of Community Health, Medical University of Southern Africa, Pretoria.
authors.forename: P W
authors.initials: PW
authors.lastname: Coetzer
authors.forename: L M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Kroukamp
mesh_terms: D001721:Birth Intervals; D003968:Diarrhea, Infantile / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000628:therapy; D005440:Fluid Therapy; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007239:Infections / Q000150:complications; D009748:Nutrition Disorders / Q000150:complications; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors