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Bangladesh Study Provides Proof of Zinc’s Benefits

A two-year, community-based trial in rural Bangladesh, which included 30 health worker areas and nearly 12,000 child years of observation, further proved that zinc supplementation is effective in the treatment of diarrhea. Children living in areas where zinc supplementation was recommended in conjunction with ORS therapy had a 23% shorter duration of diarrhea episodes than children living in areas where ORS therapy alone was the accepted treatment. The children living in zinc-supplemented areas also experienced a shorter duration of persistent diarrhea illness, fewer days of illness attributed to acute lower respiratory infections, and fewer hospitalizations.
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Zinc strengthens body’s immune system, keeping disease and infection away
Tuesday, April 30, 2013
Zinc regulates the function of immune cells, first allowing them to fight infection but then slowing them down afterwards to avoid inflammation
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Study finds increased zinc deficiency in Children in Bangladesh
Tuesday, February 19, 2013
Bangladesh's first ever combined micronutrient survey reveals that zinc deficiency is present in more than half of children under 5.
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Story from UNICEF shows progress in Somalia with Zinc and ORS
Wednesday, February 13, 2013
An uplifting story and video from UNICEF describes one community's approach to win the fight against malnutrition in Somalia
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New Study: Zinc is Key to Fighting Infection
Friday, February 8, 2013
"If you are deficient in zinc you are at a disadvantage because your defense system is amplified..."
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Clinton Foundation to provide Zinc Tablets to India
Wednesday, February 6, 2013
Clinton Foundation to give tens of millions of tablets to zinc to India to fight against life-threatening diarrhea
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