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In photos: Local shops enhance access to zinc and LO-ORS to improve child health in Kenya
June 24, 2024
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WATCH: Improving access to treat childhood diarrhoea in Kenya
In Vihiga County, Kenya local shops selling bread and other household staples are providing a new essential service: lifesaving treatment for diarrhoea.
Posted on July 15, 2025
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Local shops provide lifesaving diarrhoea treatment in Kenya
The co-pack of zinc and low-osmolarity oral rehydration salts (ORS) is a proven and cost-effective treatment for childhood diarrhoea. Working in close collaboration with county governments and the private sector in Kenya, Nutrition Initiation initiated a research project to help make this lifesaving commodity accessible in rural communities.
Watch and see how local shops are becoming vital health posts.
Learn more about our work in Kenya.
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