An updated review of nonvaccine interventions for the prevention of childhooddiarrhoea in developing countries is presented. The importance of
various key preventive strategies (breast-feeding, water supply and
sanitation improvements)is confirmed and certain aspects of others
(promotion of personal and domestic hygiene, weaning education/food hygiene)
are refined. Evidence is also presented
to suggest that, subject to cost-effectiveness examination, two other
strategies -- vitamin A supplementation and the prevention of low birth
weight -- should be promoted to the first category of interventions, as
classified by Feachem, i.e. those which are considered to have high
effectiveness and strong feasibility