Stop Diarrhoea Drive | 29 Jun 2024

The Uttar Pradesh health department is going to launch the 'Stop Diarrhoea’ campaign on July 1, 2024.

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.

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.