Due to the rapidly emerging cholera epidemic in Haiti, Drip Drop is doing an emergency production run of our product and shipping it overnight to Haiti to supply relief agencies with Drip Drop Oral Rehydration Solution.
Please help us to mobilize this proven, life-saving intervention, now. Cholera can take a life in less than 24 hours and spreads rapidly.
"In addition to at least 138 people who have died, 1,526 people have been sickened in the outbreak, said Imogen Wall, the U.N. humanitarian spokeswoman in Haiti. On Friday, Haitian Prime Minister Jean-Max Bellerive called the cholera outbreak "unprecedented". Cholera is caused by a bacterial infection of the intestine and, in severe cases, is characterized by diarrhea, vomiting and leg cramps, according to the U.S.-based Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. In such cases, rapid loss of body fluids can lead to dehydration and shock. "Without treatment, death can occur within hours," the agency says." CNN
Drip Drop brand Oral Rehydration Therapy has been used successfully in Haiti and Pakistan to save lives. You may donate by going to our website: www.doctorsoutreachclinics.org. 100% of your donation will got to this relief effort. Doctors Outreach Clinics is a charitable 501c3 organization.
Doctors Outreach Clinics is dedicated to reducing suffering and deaths worldwide associated with infectious diarrhea.
Though often considered a benign disease, acute gastroenteritis remains a major cause of morbidity and mortality in children around the world, accounting for 1.87 million deaths annually in children younger than 5 years, or roughly 19% of all child deaths.
Because the disease severity depends on the degree of fluid loss, accurately assessing dehydration status remains a crucial step in preventing mortality. Luckily, most cases of dehydration in children can be accurately diagnosed by a careful clinical examination and treated with simple, cost-effective measures.
"It is a tragedy that diarrhea, which is little more than an inconvenience in the developed world, kills an estimated 1.5 million children each year," UNICEF Executive Director Ann Veneman said in a statement. "Inexpensive and effective treatments for diarrhea exist, but in developing countries only 39 per cent of children with diarrhea receive the recommended treatment."
Patient brought to clinic in severe distress by mother. 8 week old infant had been suffering from diarrhea. Infant was not able to take any liquids including breast milk or ORS for the last day per her mom.
Dr. Yasmeen Ehsan, a lecturer in Obstetrics, and Dr. Eduardo Dolhun, founder of Doctors Outreach Clinics, jointly resuscitate infant. After 30 minutes patient discharged to home with Drip Drop oral rehydration solution. Mother taught how to make ORS at home with local ingredients.
"In addition to at least 138 people who have died, 1,526 people have been sickened in the outbreak, said Imogen Wall, the U.N. humanitarian spokeswoman in Haiti. On Friday, Haitian Prime Minister Jean-Max Bellerive called the cholera outbreak "unprecedented". Cholera is caused by a bacterial infection of the intestine and, in severe cases, is characterized by diarrhea, vomiting and leg cramps, according to the U.S.-based Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. In such cases, rapid loss of body fluids can lead to dehydration and shock. "Without treatment, death can occur within hours," the agency says." CNN
