The role of mothers in the management of childhood diarrhoea in Nepal

Diarrhoea is a leading cause of childhood morbidity andmortality in Nepal, a developing country where the largerproportion of the population live in rural areas. Poverty,illiteracy, lack of health care facilities at local level,demographical distribution and traditional beliefs are themajor obstacles for getting proper and timely healthcare.There is a necessity to consider the cultural beliefs of differentethnic communities before designing any educational protocolor guideline. Educational protocol or guidelines which respectthe local cultural beliefs and stimulate the utilization of theirlocally available facilities can be easily accepted and would bemore suitable to achieve the objectives.