A number of studies are currently being conducted under the “Zinc for Health“ project. For the time being, short summaries of the ongoing research projects are being provided. Results will be published on this site as they become available.
Protocol No. 1: Formative Research
Protocol No. 2: Acceptability and Adherence to Zinc Dispersible Tablet Treatment of Acute Childhood Diarrhea
Protocol No. 3: Longitudinal Incident Case Study of Caretakers and Providers: An Adequacy Performance Evaluation of Scaling up Zinc in Bangladesh Rural and Urban Populations
Protocol No. 4: National Coverage Survey: An Evaluation of Childhood Diarrhea Treatment Practices, Service Utilization and Equity in Rural and Urban Populations of Bangladesh
Protocol No. 5: Immunological and Clinical Responses to Zinc in Children with Acute Watery Diarrhea
Protocol No. 6: Efficacy of Short Course Zinc Therapy with 20 mg Elemental Zinc Daily in the Treatment of Acute Diarrhea: A Community-Based Double-Blind Randomized Trial
Protocol No. 7: Efficacy of Zinc Treatment of out Patient Pneumonia in an Urban Slum Among Children Aged Less Than 2 Years
Protocol No. 8: Effect of Introduction of Zinc Treatment to the NGO Health Care Providers in Managing Childhood Diarrhea
Protocol No. 9: Side Effect of Zinc: Vomiting or Regurgitation