Oral Rehydration Salts

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A health worker displays sachets of oral rehydration salts at a cholera treatment clinic in Zimbabwe. UNICEF is distributing oral rehydration salts and other medical supplies at cholera treatment centres to treat severely weakened children.

$102.50

Think powdered drink, with life-saving capabilities.

Oral rehydration salts may not sound very snazzy, but in fact they can save a child's life!

This magical mixture of salts and sugars is a cost-effective and extremely effective way of quickly treating kids weakened by a life-threatening gastrointestinal illness.

Added to water and sipped, it's the only way to get the body of a severly dehydrated child to absorb the water it needs to survive.

Crunch the numbers on this one: for $102.50, you will gift 1,000 sachets of oral rehydration salts. That's some bang-for-your-buck!

Technical information: New formulation, reduced osmolarity Oral Rehydration Salts sachet for 1 litre of water, carton of 1,000 sachets.

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