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A simple solution

TIME; October 16, 2006, pp40-47

Authors: Gerlin, Andrea
Number of pages: 8
Publication date: 2006
Languages: English

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Overview

In this article, published in Time Magazine in October 2006, the author Andrea Gerlin, investigates the reasons why diarrhoea still kills 1.9 million children every year, and why Oral Rehydration Solution is not more widely used throughout the world.