Treatment of acute diarrhoea
This condition is frequently associated with malnutrition, as it can be both the cause and one of the consequences. Annually, it affects 2.5 billion children, and the cause of death of 2.7 million people. In children under 5 years of age, it is the second biggest cause of mortality, just after pneumonia.
At the request of the WHO, Nutriset developed ZinCfant®, dispersible zinc sulphate tablets. Used in conjunction with oral rehydration salts (ORS), ZinCfant® reduces the duration and severity of diarrhoea attacks and has a preventive effect through the three months following treatment.
Nutriset also produces ReSoMal, rehydration salts exclusively reserved for the treatment of people suffering from severe acute malnutrition.
