Diarrheal diseases consistently a leading cause of preventable death, particularly among children less than five years in developing countries. It has been reported that burden of most infectious and associated diseases. The government bodies belong to health sector still take diarrheal diseases most challenging health issue especially in developing countries. It has been also reported in the study diarrhea resultant of dehydration, which is leading cause of malnutrition globally. There is a need to modify policies in this area. This could be achieved in a number of different approaches including physicians’ instructions to mothers about the disease and proper diet of children. Furthermore, participation in retraining programs could be very useful in improvement of awareness of mothers. Another way to educate the mothers is training all health care employees to promote the transmission of awareness to the patients refers to healthcare centres. Providing information through mass media and clarifying public opinion about the importance of nutrition in physical and intellectual growth and development of children may also be beneficial. Consequently, enhanced maternal knowledge would have a positive effect on their treatment of diarrhea in children. It bears repeating that we need to further education efforts in order to improve the health of children and reduce medical expenses related to diarrhoea which are imposed on health system.
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