Diarrhoeal Disease of Children in Indonesia

Sunoto Sunoto (Department of Child Health, Medical School, University of Indonesia, Jakarta and National Institute of Health Research and Development, Ministry of Health.)
Adnan S. Wiharta (Department of Child Health, Medical School, University of Indonesia, Jakarta and National Institute of Health Research and Development, Ministry of Health.)
J. Sulianti Saroso (Department of Child Health, Medical School, University of Indonesia, Jakarta and National Institute of Health Research and Development, Ministry of Health.)

Paediatrica Indonesiana
Vol 18 No 11-12 (1978): November - December 1978

Diarrhoeal disease in infants and children up till now is still becoming a major problem with its high morbidity and mortality. There are too many factors which can play a role in causing this disease. But by giving Oral-glucose electrolyte Solution as soon as possible the case fatality rate can be reduced as low as possible. Whereas decreasing the morbidity still needs a very long time, since it has very multi-complex factors i.e. socio-economic condition, environmental and personal hygiene and sanitation, life style of people, belief, etc. The study on epidemiology, the influence of improvement of environmental sanitation and socio-anthropology is still very few, besides there is no satisfactory vaccin produced to prevent this disease. Meanwhile the worse of the case is that there is a tendency of decreasing breast-feeding in the big cities and to substiotute it with bottle-feeding.