The national control program of diarrheal diseases as suggested by WHO - World Health Organization - was included to implant execution and control by "Coordenadoria de Serviços Básicos de Saúde de Sergipe". Sequencially an Oral Rehydration Program was established at sanitation units. Used strategies to personnel improvement, the content, the evolution of the program, its operationalization and identified difficulties during the process are related.