Bangladesh Medical Research Council (BMRC)
This was a thirty cluster survey; carried out to identify the factors which limit ORS intake during a diarrhoeal episode in rural Bangladesh. 420mother-child pairs were investigated. In addition to the verbal interview, the index child was examined physically and mother’s skill of preparing ORS was assessed. The ORS was known to more than 95% mothers but used by only 33.3%. The average intake of ORS was 320 ml per diarrhoea day. The correct amount of oral rehydration fluid was received by 145(34.5%) cases. Twenty eight socio…