ABSTRACT
In 1963 the Childrens Medical Center, Philippines, has embarked on a more practical, realistic, and aggressive participation in reducing the incidence and deaths from diarrheas, than it has done in the past. We have felt that persistently high morbidity and mortality statistics for diarrheas warrant something more than short post-graduate courses or seminars on diarrheas for practitioners or treatments of dehydrated patients in this hospitalThus since December 1963 we have organized two pediatric teams of five members each and we have extended our experiences and current knowledge of the management of diarrhea to seven pilot areas in the country, namely Leyte del Sur, Marinduque, Mindoro, Jolo, La Union, Cagayan and SorsogonBesides the curative aspects of diarrheas with emphasis on the establishement of rehydration centers, the objectives of the present project include prevention and seeking of epidemiologic information and etiologic factors, both contributory and exciting. Awareness of a more concetrated attack on diarrheal disease and the need for a multidisciplinary approach to its control is brought into focus. (Summary)