Using modern communication methods, a national diarrhea control program in Egypt increased the awareness and use of life-saving oral rehydration therapy, helping reduce infant diarrheal deaths by 82% between 1982 and 1987. The program was primarily funded by the U.S. Agency for International Development. Because of the reduction in diarrheal deaths between 1982 and 1989, 300,000 fewer children died. The average cost per child treated with Oral Rehydration Therapy was $6. Source: Ruth Levine - Global Health: Millions Saved