Diarrhea

Mothers in African study undereducated on diarrhea

Published in Gastroenterology Week, March 19th, 2007

Ethiopian mothers' beliefs about diarrhea can lead to inappropriate treatment for their children's life-threatening condition, a 20-year-old Johns Hopkins University undergraduate concluded after field research in Africa.

Rishi Mediratta's data – interviews, stool samples and medical records – revealed that a "large proportion" of the mothers in one Ethiopian community did not have even a rudimentary understanding of how best to either prevent diarrheal disease or manage it.

Diarrheal diseases are a leading cause of mortality in developing African nations.

"Many of them withheld food, fluids and breast milk from their children...

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Source: Gastroenterology Week (2007-03-19)

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