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<title>Our World in Data - Diarrheal Diseases</title>
<subtitle>Research and data to make progress against the world’s largest problems</subtitle>
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<updated>2026-01-15T00:00:00.000Z</updated>
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    <title>Many children who could benefit from oral rehydration therapy for diarrhea still don’t receive it</title>
    <id>https://ourworldindata.org/data-insights/many-children-who-could-benefit-from-oral-rehydration-therapy-for-diarrhea-still-dont-receive-it</id>
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    <published>2026-01-15T00:00:00.000Z</published>
    <author><name>Esteban Ortiz-Ospina</name></author>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[<br/><br/><a href="https://ourworldindata.org/data-insights/many-children-who-could-benefit-from-oral-rehydration-therapy-for-diarrhea-still-dont-receive-it"><img src="https://ourworldindata.org/cdn-cgi/imagedelivery/qLq-8BTgXU8yG0N6HnOy8g/bf8e5643-f015-4bb0-2c1e-722d97481a00/w=608"/></a>]]></summary>
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    <title>Ten pathogens are responsible for three-quarters of diarrheal deaths in children</title>
    <id>https://ourworldindata.org/data-insights/ten-pathogens-are-responsible-for-three-quarters-of-diarrheal-deaths-in-children</id>
    <link rel="alternate" href="https://ourworldindata.org/data-insights/ten-pathogens-are-responsible-for-three-quarters-of-diarrheal-deaths-in-children"/>
    <published>2025-05-26T04:00:00.000Z</published>
    <author><name>Saloni Dattani</name></author>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[<br/><br/><a href="https://ourworldindata.org/data-insights/ten-pathogens-are-responsible-for-three-quarters-of-diarrheal-deaths-in-children"><img src="https://ourworldindata.org/cdn-cgi/imagedelivery/qLq-8BTgXU8yG0N6HnOy8g/887c2f1b-9aa2-4004-9d51-9e1616086c00/w=608"/></a>]]></summary>
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    <title>Diarrheal diseases are among the most common causes of death, especially in children</title>
    <id>https://ourworldindata.org/data-insights/diarrheal-diseases-are-among-the-most-common-causes-of-death-especially-in-children</id>
    <link rel="alternate" href="https://ourworldindata.org/data-insights/diarrheal-diseases-are-among-the-most-common-causes-of-death-especially-in-children"/>
    <published>2024-10-17T05:00:00.000Z</published>
    <author><name>Edouard Mathieu</name></author>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[<br/><br/><a href="https://ourworldindata.org/data-insights/diarrheal-diseases-are-among-the-most-common-causes-of-death-especially-in-children"><img src="https://ourworldindata.org/cdn-cgi/imagedelivery/qLq-8BTgXU8yG0N6HnOy8g/df38015c-97be-47f0-9a6c-c9545e7c3900/w=608"/></a>]]></summary>
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<entry>
    <title>Diarrheal Diseases</title>
    <id>https://ourworldindata.org/diarrheal-diseases</id>
    <link rel="alternate" href="https://ourworldindata.org/diarrheal-diseases"/>
    <published>2023-07-03T11:06:00.000Z</published>
    <author><name>Saloni Dattani</name></author><author><name>Fiona Spooner</name></author><author><name>Hannah Ritchie</name></author><author><name>Max Roser</name></author>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[Diarrheal diseases are one of the leading causes of child deaths while they are largely preventable. How can we continue to make progress against these diseases?<br/><br/><a href="https://ourworldindata.org/diarrheal-diseases"><img src="https://ourworldindata.org/cdn-cgi/imagedelivery/qLq-8BTgXU8yG0N6HnOy8g/71c75538-81b0-499d-f7fa-39cb03da7e00/w=512"/></a>]]></summary>
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    <title>Oral rehydration therapy: a low-tech solution that has saved millions of lives</title>
    <id>https://ourworldindata.org/oral-rehydration-therapy</id>
    <link rel="alternate" href="https://ourworldindata.org/oral-rehydration-therapy"/>
    <published>2019-08-27T11:00:13.000Z</published>
    <author><name>Bernadeta Dadonaite</name></author>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[The world has made significant progress in recent decades in reducing deaths from diarrheal diseases, particularly for children. One of the most successful interventions has been oral rehydration therapy (ORT): a simple salt, water and sugar solution. We look at what ORT is, how it was developed, and how many lives it might have saved.<br/><br/><a href="https://ourworldindata.org/oral-rehydration-therapy"><img src="https://ourworldindata.org/cdn-cgi/imagedelivery/qLq-8BTgXU8yG0N6HnOy8g/b171691e-2563-4d8e-219c-c2b911220f00/w=512"/></a>]]></summary>
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    <title>Rotavirus vaccine - an effective tool that prevents children dying from diarrhea</title>
    <id>https://ourworldindata.org/rotavirus-vaccine</id>
    <link rel="alternate" href="https://ourworldindata.org/rotavirus-vaccine"/>
    <published>2019-08-22T04:58:00.000Z</published>
    <author><name>Bernadeta Dadonaite</name></author><author><name>Hannah Ritchie</name></author>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[Rotavirus is the leading cause of diarrheal deaths in children. There is, however, an effective tool against it: the rotavirus vaccine.<br/><br/><a href="https://ourworldindata.org/rotavirus-vaccine"><img src="https://ourworldindata.org/cdn-cgi/imagedelivery/qLq-8BTgXU8yG0N6HnOy8g/5dcd6131-1691-4a0a-ee54-814410a3dd00/w=512"/></a>]]></summary>
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<entry>
    <title>More than half a million children die from diarrhea each year. How do we prevent this?</title>
    <id>https://ourworldindata.org/childhood-diarrheal-diseases</id>
    <link rel="alternate" href="https://ourworldindata.org/childhood-diarrheal-diseases"/>
    <published>2019-08-16T14:00:26.000Z</published>
    <author><name>Bernadeta Dadonaite</name></author>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[Despite being treatable and preventable, 1.6 million people died from diarrheal diseases in 2017; one-third were children under five years old. This makes it one of the largest killers of children. Here we look at where and why children are dying from diarrheal diseases, and what we can do to stop this.<br/><br/><a href="https://ourworldindata.org/childhood-diarrheal-diseases"><img src="https://ourworldindata.org/cdn-cgi/imagedelivery/qLq-8BTgXU8yG0N6HnOy8g/210cd5a5-3977-42c8-71a2-b775a7ebd700/w=512"/></a>]]></summary>
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