This document discusses the management of diarrhea in children and pregnant women. It provides information on common pathogens that cause diarrhea, rehydration strategies like oral rehydration solution and intravenous fluids, maintaining nutrition during diarrhea, and choices of drug treatment based on the identified pathogen. The key points are: more than 5 million children under 5 die from diarrhea annually in India; oral rehydration with WHO's new lower sodium and glucose formula is preferred if fluid loss is mild; intravenous fluids like Ringer's lactate are given for more severe dehydration; maintaining nutrition with foods like milk and bananas during diarrhea; and targeted antibiotic treatment depending on the identified diarrhea-causing bacteria or parasite.