Uttar Pradesh
Stop Diarrhoea Drive
- 29 Jun 2024
- 2 min read
Why in News?
The Uttar Pradesh health department is going to launch the 'Stop Diarrhoea’ campaign on July 1, 2024.
Key Points
- The risk of viral, bacterial and parasitic infections increases due to accumulation of contaminated water during the rainy season.
- In such situations, children may suffer from diarrhoea which increases the problem of dehydration. It is transmitted through contaminated food and water.
- ASHA workers will go door-to-door and teach the method of making ORS solutions to the families of children suffering from diarrhoea.
- They will also give information about the benefits of using ORS and zinc as well as cleanliness and hygiene.
- Attention will be given to vulnerable areas, like urban slums, remote areas, nomads, families of labourers engaged in construction work, and families living in brick kilns.
Diarrhoeal Disease
- Diarrhoea is defined as the passage of three or more loose or liquid stools per day (or more frequent passage than is normal for the individual).
- The most severe threat posed by diarrhoea is dehydration.
- During a diarrhoeal episode, water and electrolytes (sodium, chloride, potassium and bicarbonate) are lost through liquid stools, vomit, sweat, urine and breathing.
- Dehydration occurs when these losses are not replaced.
