Prevalence of Gastroenteritis Among Children Under Five Years of Age at a District Hospital

relative frequency of sapovirus among children under 5 years of age with acute gastroenteritis at the aboozar hospital, ahvaz, iran

Determinants of acute diarrhoea among children under five years of age in Derashe District, Southern Ethiopia.

INTRODUCTION Diarrhoea kills more children than AIDS, malaria, and measles combined. Knowing the determinants of a disease enables us to design an effective intervention. The objective of this study was to identify the determinants of acute diarrhoea and associated factors among children under 5 years of age in Derashe district, south Ethiopia. METHODS A community based unmatched case-control...

Factors Influencing Vitamin a Supplementation among Mothers of Children under Five Years Old at Mbagathi District Hospital, Kenya.

BACKGROUND Vitamin A supplementation is one of the best-proven and most costeffective interventions to improve vitamin A status and save children's lives. OBJECTIVE To assess factors affecting practices and utilisation of Vitamin A supplementation services among mothers with children below five years attending Mbagathi District Hospital. DESIGN Cross-sectional descriptive study. SETTING M...

Prevalence and predictors of anemia among children under 5 years of age in Arusha District, Tanzania

Anemia is a global health problem affecting most developing countries. We examined the prevalence of anemia and its predictors among children under 5 years of age in Arusha District, Tanzania. Random sampling technique was used to identify 436 children aged 6-59 months. Anemia status was assessed by measuring hemoglobin concentration from blood sample obtained from a finger prick and HemoCue® H...

Prevalence and risk factors for under nutrition among children under five at Haramaya district, Eastern Ethiopia.

BACKGROUND Under nutrition is one of the major causes of health problems among children under five years old in Ethiopia. Though the problem of under nutrition has decreased in the country, it is still continuing as one of the major causes of mortality of children under five. Studies have shown that the magnitude and related factors of under nutrition are varied in different agro-ecological set...