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BRIEF REPORTJournal of Pharmacy Practice and Community MedicineVol. 3 | Issue 1 | 2016 | pp. 34–36Open access
Role of Zinc in childhood diarrhea management: a case of Nepal
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- 2,
- 3,
- 1,
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- 1 Department of Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics, B.P. Koirala Institute of Health Sciences, Dharan, NEPAL.
- 2 School of Clinical Sciences, Faculty of Health, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, AUSTRALIA.
- 3 Department of Pharmacy Practice, College of Pharmacy, Gulf Medical University, Ajman, UAE.
- 4 Department of Pharmacology, Xavier University School of Medicine, Aruba, Kingdom of the NETHERLENDS.
Published in Journal of Pharmacy Practice and Community Medicine
Correspondence: Kadir Alam
Department of Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics, B.P. Koirala Institute of Health Sciences, Dharan, NEPAL.
Email: alamkad2050@gmail.com
Copyright: © 2016 Manuscript Technomedia. This is an open access article.
- Published:
- Dec 15, 2016
- Received:
- Oct 2, 2016
- Accepted:
- Nov 17, 2016
How to cite
Alam, K., Poudel, A., Palaian, S., Koirala, B., & Shankar, P. R. (2016). Role of Zinc in childhood diarrhea management: a case of Nepal. Journal of Pharmacy Practice and Community Medicine, 3(1), 34–36. https://doi.org/10.5530/jppcm.2017.1.8
Abstract
Diarrhea is one of the leading causes of death among children less than five years of age around the world accounting for about two million child deaths annually. One of the recent strategies made to minimize the diarrhea associated mortality in children involves the use of oral zinc in diarrhea management. The inadequacy of dietary zinc uptake is exacerbated by the net loss of zinc during diarrhea. Zinc is enlisted in WHO essential drug list under medicine for diarrhea where it is indicated in acute diarrhea as an adjunct to oral rehydration salts. Zinc is usually well tolerated. It is necessary to explore public health applications, using zinc either as a preventive measure in children or therapeutically for diarrhea.
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| Title | Role of Zinc in childhood diarrhea management: a case of Nepal |
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| Authors | Kadir Alam; Arjun Poudel; Subish Palaian; Bhawesh Koirala; Pathiyil Ravi Shankar |
| Affiliations | Department of Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics, B.P. Koirala Institute of Health Sciences, Dharan, NEPAL.; School of Clinical Sciences, Faculty of Health, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, AUSTRALIA.; Department of Pharmacy Practice, College of Pharmacy, Gulf Medical University, Ajman, UAE.; Department of Pharmacology, Xavier University School of Medicine, Aruba, Kingdom of the NETHERLENDS. |
| Corresponding author | alamkad2050@gmail.com |
| Journal | Journal of Pharmacy Practice and Community Medicine |
| Volume / Issue | Vol. 3, Issue 1 (2016) |
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