"Bangladesh Center Looks for Vaccine Against Diarrhea"
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In Bangladesh, Firsausi Qadri of the
International Center for Diarrheal Disease Research reports that they are
testing four vaccines against diarrheal diseases, which take the lives of some
20,000 people in the country each year. The vaccines are currently being tested
on 90 children; however, researchers plan to increase that number to 345
children. "We eventually aim to bring them under one vaccine, which would be
administered to the children orally," Qadri explained. Qadri noted that
vaccines are important to disease prevention in Bangladesh, but she also called
for improvements in sanitation and hygienic conditions to prevent diarrhea as
well.
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