Zinc introduction trial in Bougouni District, Mali

INTERVENTION: Health Facility and Community Zinc and ORT versus ORT alone intervention (phase III). A one year, formative research (phase I) and one year pilot intervention have already been completed. CONDITION: Diarrhoea ; Signs and Symptoms ; Diarrhoea PRIMARY OUTCOME: 1. ORS use rates per cluster; 2. Antimicrobial use rates per cluster; 3. Prevalence/incidence of diarrhoea per cluster SECONDARY OUTCOME: 1. Percentage of children with diarrhoea treated with zinc; 2. Percentage of children with diarrhoea treated with ORS/ORT; 3. Percentage of children with diarrhoea treated with inappropriate antibiotics INCLUSION CRITERIA: All under five children with diarrhoea living in the study area.