Fellowship Training and Field Experience on Nutrition and Health

Abstract

Diarrhea and Malnutrition is estimated to be an ‘underlying cause’ of about 60% of childhood deaths. Bangladesh is one of the country that most of the children suffer from malnutrition. We studied diarrheal disease risk and malnutrition among under 5 year’s children in ICDDR, B at Dhaka, Bangladesh. Diarrhoea disease is most dangerous for young children specially children under 5 years which cause a large no of nutritional losses. Children who belong low income family are suffer from dehydration and malnutrition mostly. Icddr,b plays a major role to reduce the rate of malnutrition. The invention of oral rehydration solution of icddr,b have save more than 50% of children mortality in Bangladesh. They also work for acute malnutrition and provide different type of therapeutic diet with low cost for the children to improve their nutritional status which is helps to reduce the underweight, stunting etc. icddr,b notice that, children who do not get proper breast feeding have suffer from malnutrition more than children who get exclusive breast feeding. Icddr,b provide counseling session of the mother to increase the rate of breast feeding. The protocol of icddr,b has reduce the children mortality about 50% all over Bangladesh.