Diarrheal Diseases
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Overview
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Facilitation Notes As part of the Child Health Module, this session helps to define a broader epidemiological picture of under-5 health — why early detection and treatment of acute watery diarrhea is important in emergency situations. Begin with the Diarrheal Diseases presentation, followed by the Acute Watery Diarrhea Case Study: Sudan. See the Cholera Summary Sheet and Shigella Summary Sheet for more information. |
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Timing 2 hours Allow 45 minutes for presentation, 45 minutes for case study, and 30 minutes for case study review. |
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Exercises and Group Work Acute Watery Diarrhea Case Study: Sudan Through this study of an acute watery diarrhea outbreak in Juba, Sudan, participants are given the opportunity to determine appropriate interventions, calculate key data, and compare their prioritized interventions with those actually used in the outbreak response. When introducing this exercise, it is helpful display to the corresponding image of the river bank in Juba included in the Cholera Case Study slides and read the introduction as a group. Small groups should then be formed and time given to complete questions 1 through 4. When all groups have completed the exercise, answers should be discussed in plenary, displaying and discussing the accompanying slides associated with questions 3 and 4. |
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Visual Aids and Demonstrations 1. Diarrheal Diseases PowerPoint Presentation 2. One copy per participant of the Acute Watery Diarrhea Case Study: Sudan 3. One copy per group of Interagency Diarrhoeal Disease Kit 4. Cholera Rapid Test Dipsticks for display during presentation (if available) |
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Resources Interagency Diarrhoeal Disease Kit, WHO Clinical Guidelines: Diagnosis and treatment manual. MSF, 2006 Communicable disease control in emergencies: A field manual. WHO, 200
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