Breastfeeding prevents diarrhoea Simple precautions can help
prevent rotavirus. By Kate Kelland Diarrhoea causes 1 in 5 child
deaths across the world but getting important vaccines to Africa
and Asia could help save many lives, two U.N. agencies said on
Wednesday. Pic: Getty Images Article originally in Reuters Some
1.5 million children die each year from diarrhoea, - more than
AIDS, malaria, and measles combined - yet only 39% of children
with diarrhoea in developing countries get the right treatment,
the World Health Organization and the United Nations children's
fund UNICEF said in a report. Vaccinations against rotavirus,
the leading cause of severe gastroenteritis with vomiting and
diarrhoea in babies and children, as well as better sanitation
and proper rehydration treatment would help solve the problem,
they said. Rotavirus causes around 40% of hospital admissions
from diarrhoea in children under five worldwide, according to
the report, and vaccination against it has recently been
recommended for all n