Indian journal of public health
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Indian J Public Health · Apr 1994
Review Historical ArticleReview on development and community implementation of oral rehydration therapy.
The review of the current status and implementation of Oral Rehydration Therapy at the community level have been presented in this communication with special emphasis on its development, ORS access rate, ORS use rate and home available fluids. The global ORS supply has gone up an increased eleven folds since 1981. ⋯ However, the global ORS use rate was low (21%). The major constraints during ORT implementation which have been reported by several scientists are also discussed.
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Indian J Public Health · Apr 1993
Value of Mantoux Test in diagnosis of tuberculosis in chronic illness.
Total 240 cases of 2-12 years age group who had contact of tuberculosis indirectly or directly and had chronic illness were screened for tuberculosis. Out of 240 cases, 180 cases were diagnosed as tuberculosis. Special emphasis was given on Mantoux Test (M. ⋯ T. was done after 3 weeks and was converted to Positive in 20 cases (8.33%). Thus only M. T. help in diagnosis of Tuberculosis in almost 50% of the cases.