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The Road-to-Health (RTH) card has served as a tool for monitoring nutrition and vaccination status individual child for several decades. The card has the potential to serve as a community database for research if kept by the caretaker for a considerable period. This study aimed to assess whether the magnitude of possession and retention of RTH cards is adequate to serve as a community database ...

Helminthic infestation is a serious public health problem which imposes a great burden on poor populations in the developing world. This is among the most common infections worldwide affecting the poorest and most deprived communities. Under fives are vulnerable to heavy helminthic infestation which in turn can give health effects such as anemia, growth stunting, protein-energy under nutrition ...

BACKGROUND Control of rubella infection is essential for preventing congenital rubella syndrome (CRS) and one of the important steps is to define a target population for vaccination. Therefore this study was done to determine serological evidence of acute rubella infection among under-fives in order to anticipate the magnitude of rubella virus transmission in Tanzania. METHODS A cross-section...

A decline in malaria transmission is evident in malaria endemic areas of sub-Saharan Africa and is likely to reduce the proportion of fevers due to malaria. Fever has been used as a predictor of malaria, however, the proportion of fevers due to malaria vary with prevalence such that low malaria infection prevalence might alter the accuracy of fever as a marker of malaria. This study examined th...

Background: Acute Respiratory Infection (ARI) is an acute infection of the upper and lower respiratory tract organs. This caused by virus, fungi, bacteria that begin with fever one or more symptoms such as throat pain, difficulty swallowing, flu, wet dry cough. Riskesdas (Basic Health Research) categorizes Papua province in five highest areas infectious disease air ARI Pneumonia. Based on annua...

BACKGROUND Campylobacteriosis, a zoonotic bacterial disease observed world-wide, is becoming the most commonly recognized cause of bacterial gastroenteritis in humans. This study was done to determine the prevalence and determinants of Campylobacter infection among under-fives with acute watery diarrhea in Mwanza City, Tanzania. METHOD This cross-sectional hospital-based study was conducted a...

Background: Campylobacteriosis, a zoonotic bacterial disease observed world-wide, is becoming the most commonly recognized cause of bacterial gastroenteritis in humans. This study was done to determine the prevalence and determinants of Campylobacter infection among under-fives with acute watery diarrhea in Mwanza City, Tanzania. Method: This cross-sectional hospital-based study was conducted a...

This study was conducted to assess the magnitude of the problem of diarrhea and time of initiation of its management in under five children of different socio economic status, in an urban area of West Bengal. Overall prevalence of diarrhea was 31.67%, highest in lower socio economic class (41%). Prevalence was higher in the girls, though not significant. Acute watery diarrhea was most common (5...

BACKGROUND Insecticide treated nets (ITNs) have been identified as a key strategy in addressing malaria problem among young children and pregnant women. Their utilisation among under fives, however, have been found to be low in some areas. OBJECTIVE To identify factors affecting net utilisation (sleeping under insecticide treated net) among caregivers of under fives in Makueni District in Ken...