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Prevalence and Determinants of Acute Respiratory Infection among Children under Age Five in Gorkha Municipality, Gorkha

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  • Maharjan PL
  • Sharma Y

    (Department of Public Health, National Open College, Nepal)

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Acute Respiratory Infections are the common and leading cause of morbidity and mortality in children under the age of five in human throughout the world. Particularly, it is affecting children under the age of five. The incidence and prevalence of ARI are a great burden in low and middle income countries in comparison to high income ARI. In context to Nepal, ARI is considered as number one killer disease. The main objective of the study was to identify the prevalence and determinants of ARI among fewer than five children in Gorkha Municipality and its prevalence [1]. A cross-sectional analytical study was conducted with the total sample size of 200. The respondents were the mothers of the children under age five in Gorkha municipality, Gorkha. Structured questionnaire were used for data collection, simple random sampling was carried out for selecting the respondents. From the study, the prevalence of ARI in children under age five was found to be 21.5%. The study found a significant association between prevalence of ARI and crowding (p

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  • Maharjan PL & Sharma Y, 2017. "Prevalence and Determinants of Acute Respiratory Infection among Children under Age Five in Gorkha Municipality, Gorkha," Global Journal of Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences, Juniper Publishers Inc., vol. 2(3), pages 63-66, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:adp:jgjpps:v:2:y:2017:i:3:p:63-66
    DOI: 10.19080/GJPPS.2017.02.555588
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