Providing life-saving treatments for young children
Clear Solutions envisions a world in which no child dies a preventable death from diarrhoeal disease
Our latest news
November 2024: Started "Phase 3" in Dambatta, Kano, digitising ORS+zinc distribution monitoring to reliably reach whole populations.
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May 2024: Concluded "Phase 2" ORS+zinc distribution to a target of 20,000 children in Kano State, Nigeria.
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March 2024: Published our Kano Pilot report, with results supportive of significant scale-up.
Over 400,000
Over 400,000 children die of diarrheal disease every year.
This makes diarrhea 1 of the 3 largest killers of children under 5-years-old globally.
Clear Solutions improves access to and awareness of a simple treatment that could prevent >90% of those deaths.
Less than $1
This effective treatment costs less than 1 dollar.
THE TREATMENT: ORS and Zinc
Oral rehydration solution (ORS)
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Mixture of Water, Sugar, and Salts
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Helps prevent dehydration, the primary cause of children’s deaths due to diarrhoea
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Prevents up to 93% of diarrhoea deaths
Zinc tablets
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Restore function of the intestines, boosts the immune system
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Reduces the duration of the diarrheal episode and helps prevent future episodes for 2-3 months.
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OUR APPROACH
ORS & Zinc have saved millions of lives in recent decades. However, they are tragically under-used by some of the communities most in need worldwide.
