Diarrhoeal disease--epidemiology and intervention.

S Afr Med J

Department of Community Health, Medical University of Southern Africa, Pretoria.

Published: November 1989

The causes of the complex triad of gastro-enteritis, other related infections and malnutrition have at their roots poverty, lack of political will, overpopulation and destruction of the environment. Intervention involves multiple sectors of the economy and not only the health services of a country, and should take place as early as possible during the natural history of the disease.

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