Talk:Gastroenteritis

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Date	Process	Result
May 26, 2012	Good article nominee	Listed

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Suggestions for improvements

I have some suggestions for improvements but don't have time in the near future to follow through:

Too many level 1 headings
Some wikilinks to hygiene and WASH are missing.
Probably the section on epidemiology needs updating.
The world maps used there are for diarrhea - need to think about if this is appropriate, or perhaps rather link to the diarrhea article and not repeat the same information.
Consider how to reduce overlap/repetition with the diarrhea article.
Should SDG 3 be mentioned?
Think about more and better images (perhaps replace the image in the lead with one that is less sciency/microscopic?). EMsmile (talk) 11:37, 18 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]