A Study to Assess The Effectiveness of Planned Teaching Programe on Knowledge Regarding Intensified Diarrhoea Control Fortnightly among Mothers of Under Five Children in Selected Rural Areas of Waghodia Taluka

Abstract

Background of the study: Diarrhoea is one of the important contributors of under five mortality and most of these deaths are clustered around summer and monsoon season. To address this issues effectively, ministry of health and family welfare, India in conjunction with UNICEF has initiated a nationwide campaign known as intensified diarrhoea control fortnightly(IDCF), its ultimate aim of ' Zero child deaths due to childhood diarrhoea'. IDCF also aims to achieve improved coverage of essential life saving commodity of ORS, zinc dispersible tablets and practice of appropriate child feeding practices during diarrhoea.9.