AWARENESS REGARDING THE CAUSES & MANAGEMENT OF DIARRHOEA AMONG MOTHERS OF UNDER 5 CHILDREN IN VELLALORE TD OSE RS UM eU Ce MOU CBee BHUVANESWARLVACKNOWLEDGEMENT. Dr THOMAS. V.CHACKO , prof. ef head of dept. of cOnmumity medicine DrRASKUMAR, our guide, Asst prop, dept, of community medicine Dr RAMASAMY DASE EVLA OUEED A People of vellalore village.INTRODUCTION a children under syrs in developing countries, * Inindia atleast 1 milton children under age of 5 yrs die every year due to acute diarrhoea, Incidence of diarrhoea 1s as high as 3 episodes/chald/yr. * ‘this can be avoided by forth awareness about oral relydration ef the appropnate dietary management duning diarmoea among mothers, So before increasing their awareness, we wanted to study the knowledge sf practice of mothers of under 5 children in Vellalore , Cotmbatore.