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Figure 6. Number of zinc tablets purchased by caregivers during the final survey interval 19-23
months following the mass media launch.
Figure 7 summarizes changes in the use of ORS during the zinc scale-up campaign
by household location. Variations in the estimated proportion of children receiving
ORS occurred within each of the population strata over time, but no signifi cant trend,
upwards or downwards, in the use of ORS was observed. There was no signifi cant
change documented in the use of antidiarrheals. A signifi cant reduction over the 2
years of follow-up in the use of antibiotics from 34.7 to 27.6% (p<0.001),were ob-
served among urban nonslum households, but not in the other populations surveyed.
Figure 7. ORS utilization prior to and over the first 23 months of the mass media zinc scale-up
campaign.