title: ACUTE DIARRHOEAL DISEASE IN LESS DEVELOPED COUNTRIES. 3. METHODS FOR PREVENTION AND CONTROL.
abstract: The programme presented in this article for controlling the diarrhoeas and dysenteries of less developed countries is based on epidemiological principles applicable to acute undifferentiated diarrhoeal disease-its specific as well as its non-specific elements. The dominant importance of weanling diarrhoea requires a main emphasis on maternal and child health procedures, with nutrition singled out for attention, along with public health education and medical care of patients: this in addition to the established worth of means for promoting environmental sanitation. The several features of the suggested programme are within four broad divisions: preventive measures; control of patients, contacts and the immediate environment; measures specifically useful in epidemics; and international measures conducive to broad restriction of the syndrome.
mesh_terms: D001407:Bacillus; D002489:Central America; D002648:Child; D003140:Communicable Disease Control; D003906:Developing Countries; D003967:Diarrhea; D003968:Diarrhea, Infantile; D004403:Dysentery; D004405:Dysentery, Bacillary; D006801:Humans; D012480:Salmonella Infections; D012499:Sanitation
keywords: CENTRAL AMERICA; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; DIARRHEA, INFANTILE; DYSENTERY, BACILLARY; SALMONELLA INFECTIONS