Unsafe food and young children: what WHO’s 2026 estimates show about the burden
WHO’s 2026 estimates on foodborne disease and why children under five carry a disproportionate burden.
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WHO’s 2026 estimates on foodborne disease and why children under five carry a disproportionate burden.
CDC information on rotavirus symptoms, fecal-oral spread, dehydration and why infants and young children are commonly affected.
CDC public-health information on norovirus transmission, environmental persistence, handwashing and food-handling measures that reduce spread.
General NIDDK information on constipation in children, including stool patterns, withholding, bloating and warning features that need medical review.
General WHO information on diarrhoea, dehydration, oral rehydration and the signs WHO uses to classify dehydration.
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