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Kirsten Wiens, PhD
![Clinician opens a packet of oral rehydration solution (ORS)](/sites/default/files/07841_hr.jpg)
Jul 27, 2020
Over 500,000 children die due to diarrheal diseases each year despite the fact that diarrhea is a preventable and treatable disease.
One way to prevent diarrheal deaths is through treatment with oral rehydration solution (ORS), a simple therapy
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![Indonesia and Peru diarrhea burden graphic](/sites/default/files/IHME%20Indonesia%20Peru.jpg)
May 14, 2020
New IHME estimate show that countries such as Indonesia and Peru, pictured above, still experience substantial geographic disparities in diarrhea mortality. Source: IHME.
Diarrhea is the second leading infectious child killer in low- and middle
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