Effect of dose reduction of supplemental zinc for childhood diarrhoea: study protocol for a double-masked, randomised controlled trial in India and Tanzania

• Main Authors: Per Ashorn (Author), Sarah S Somji (Author), Pratibha Dhingra (Author), Usha Dhingra (Author), Arup Dutta (Author), Prabhabati Devi (Author), Jitendra Kumar (Author), Saikat Deb (Author), Om Prakash Semwal (Author), Sunil Sazawal (Author), Karim Manji (Author), Rodrick Kisenge (Author), Mohamed Bakari (Author), Enju Liu (Author), Christopher Sudfeld (Author), Christopher P Duggan (Author), Rajiv Bahl (Author), Jonathon L Simon (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMJ Publishing Group, 2019-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background Diarrhoea-associated mortality and morbidity are highest in infants and young children in low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs). Zinc supplementation during acute diarrhoea has been shown to reduce the duration of illness and the risk of persistent diarrhoea. However, vomiting wi...