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SHOPS project expert: Vicki MacDonald Child Health Advisor

For more than a decade, researchers have been assessing the benefits of zinc as a treatment for diarrhea. Zinc is an important micronutrient for the overall health and
development of infants and young children, and it becomes
depleted during diarrhea. Replacing this lost zinc is an
important way to help children recover from diarrhea and
stay healthy after the episode.