Diarrhea Deaths in Africa Can Be Halted With Simple Water Formula

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(Free-Press-Release.com) June 3, 2010 -- Diarrhea Kills 1.5 Million People in Africa Every Year!

About 80 people die from diarrhea every day in Kenya alone.

Diarrhea is the 2nd leading cause of death for children under 5 years of age, just behind pneumonia. It kills more children than Aids, Malaria and Measles combined.

Yet, according to studies, 80-85% of these deaths can be avoided with a simple, inexpensive treatment.

Even poor communities can teach their citizens to mix a pinch of salt into a half liter of water, adding sugar to taste.

This is the simple formula first conceived of in Bangladesh. Over the past 30 years, this simple "poor man's Gatorade" has become a cheap, trusted home remedy passed down to generations of Bangladeshi moms nationwide. It is bought or whipped up and sipped down at the first sign of diarrhea to stave off dehydration, which can drain a weak child of life in just hours.It has saved million of lives in that country from death by diarrhea, cholera and other similar diseases.

The formula helps the gut absorb fluids and electrolytes that are rapidly being purged, bringing life back to childrens sunken eyes and dehydrated skin.

The Bangladesh discovery was hailed by The Lancet medical journal three decades ago as "potentially the most important medical discovery of the 20th century with some 50 million lives saved in Bangladesh and other countries that employ the discovery.

"You have a child that's almost dead, you give them this drink and within a few hours they are running all over the place. It's really a miracle," says Dr Oliver Fontain of the World Health Organization. (WHO) in Geneva, Switzerland. "We don't find anyone who would come as a champion for diarrhea. Many people are willing to go on TV and talk about AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria, but when it comes to diarrhea, no one comes."

Over the past two decades, the Bangladesh overall child death rate has dropped threefold to 5 percent today.

The Franklin Junior Foundation is committed to spread the word of this life saving, water borne, miracle cure across Africa.