Health Min launches Intensified Diarrhoea Control Fortnight

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With the onset of monsoon, the Union Health Ministry on Monday launched nationwide “Intensified Diarrhoea Control Fortnight (IDCF)”besides unveiling a package of measures to end child diarrhoea deaths on the overdrive. Various activities will be a part of this fortnight. ASHAs shall visit all households with children below five years of age for pre-positioning the ORS. The combination of ORS and Zinc has been found to be the most cost-effective intervention to prevent deaths due to diarrhea, said an official here.    

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