Leslie Wentworth
Biographic Data
| ID | 9020387 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Leslie Wentworth |
| GIVEN NAMES | Leslie |
| FAMILY NAME | Wentworth |
| SIGNATURE | WENTWORTH L |
| AFFILIATIONS | Clinton Health Access Initiative |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 3 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Increasing coverage of pediatric diarrhea treatment in high-burden countries
BACKGROUND: Diarrhea is the second leading cause of infectious deaths in children under-five globally. Oral rehydration salts (ORS) and zinc could avert an estimated 93% of deaths, but progress to increase coverage of these interventions has been largely stagnant over the past several decades. The Clinton Health Access Initiative (CHAI), along with donors and country governments in India, Kenya, Nigeria, and Uganda, implemented programs to scale-…
Effect of enhanced detailing and mass media on community use of oral rehydration salts and zinc during a scale-up program in Gujarat and Uttar Pradesh
BACKGROUND: The Clinton Health Access Initiative implemented a program from 2012-2016 to increase use of oral rehydration salts (ORS) and zinc to treat diarrhea in children under five in three states in India: Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, and Uttar Pradesh. The program interventions included detailing and development of a rural supply chain to reach private rural health care providers, training of Accredited Social Health Activists (ASHAs), technical…
An evaluation of a national oral rehydration solution and zinc scale-up program in Kenya between 2011 and 2016
BACKGROUND: In Kenya, diarrheal disease is the second leading cause of death among children under five. The Government of Kenya launched a national plan to increase coverage of oral rehydration solution (ORS) and zinc by addressing demand and supply-side barriers. This study evaluates progress of ORS and zinc uptake in Kenya according to the national plan from 2011 to 2016. METHODS: In 2016, we conducted a nationally representative population-bas…
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Increasing coverage of pediatric diarrhea treatment in high-burden countries
BACKGROUND: Diarrhea is the second leading cause of infectious deaths in children under-five globally. Oral rehydration salts (ORS) and zinc could avert an estimated 93% of deaths, but progress to increase coverage of these interventions has been largely stagnant over the past several decades. The Clinton Health Access Initiative (CHAI), along with donors and country governments in India, Kenya, Nigeria, and Uganda, implemented programs to scale-…
Effect of enhanced detailing and mass media on community use of oral rehydration salts and zinc during a scale-up program in Gujarat and Uttar Pradesh
BACKGROUND: The Clinton Health Access Initiative implemented a program from 2012-2016 to increase use of oral rehydration salts (ORS) and zinc to treat diarrhea in children under five in three states in India: Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, and Uttar Pradesh. The program interventions included detailing and development of a rural supply chain to reach private rural health care providers, training of Accredited Social Health Activists (ASHAs), technical…
An evaluation of a national oral rehydration solution and zinc scale-up program in Kenya between 2011 and 2016
BACKGROUND: In Kenya, diarrheal disease is the second leading cause of death among children under five. The Government of Kenya launched a national plan to increase coverage of oral rehydration solution (ORS) and zinc by addressing demand and supply-side barriers. This study evaluates progress of ORS and zinc uptake in Kenya according to the national plan from 2011 to 2016. METHODS: In 2016, we conducted a nationally representative population-bas…
Child Nutrition and Water Access (3 works) · Environmental health (3 works) · Medicine (3 works) · Trace Elements in Health (3 works) · Diarrhea (2 works) · Iron Metabolism and Disorders (2 works) · Nursing (2 works) · Population (2 works) · Psychological intervention (2 works) · Advertising (1 work)