In a tiny village in Bihar, during the darkest hours of the night, raging floods swept Seeta's home away. Seeta struggled through the swirling waters, clutching her infant son Kishore. Barely escaping drowning, mother and child at last found refuge at a local school. But their problems were just beginning. Acute diarrhea struck Kishore. Then dehydration set in and Kishore became listless and weak. Seeta watched Kishore helplessly. She tenderly pressed him close to her, hoping to somehow save his life.
Just when it seemed it was all over, help arrived in the form of a small packet containing "Oral Rehydration Salts" or ORS - that a UNICEF trained health worker carried with her. Handing Seeta the packet of ORS, the health worker showed the distraught mother how to prepare and administer the miracle solution to Kishore.
With each sip of the drink, life began to flow back into the infant's body. In just a few hours his condition improved so dramatically that he was on the road to full recovery.

That night, a single dose of ORS helped save Kishore's life. Just as it has for millions of dehydrated children around the globe.

For this reason ORS has been celebrated as the most important medical advance in the last 100 years.

Approximately 1,000 Indian children under the age of five die of diarrhoeal dehydration every day - a condition that has such a simple cure.
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