Open Access<p>Determinants of Acute Respiratory Infection Among Children in Ethiopia: A Multilevel Analysis from Ethiopian Demographic and Health Survey</p>
Author(s) -
Zelalem Alamrew Anteneh,
Hamid Yimam Hassen
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
international journal of general medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.722
H-Index - 36
ISSN - 1178-7074
DOI - 10.2147/ijgm.s233782
Subject(s) - medicine , odds ratio , demography , logistic regression , respiratory infection , cluster (spacecraft) , public health , odds , pediatrics , environmental health , respiratory system , nursing , sociology , computer science , programming language
Acute respiratory infection (ARI) is one of the leading public health challenges among children in low- and middle-income countries. Child mortality due to ARI is disproportionately higher in African regions. In Ethiopia, an encouraging progress in the reduction of ARI was observed until 2010, however, since then the national prevalence is unchanged. There is limited information for the persistently higher prevalence of the infection. Therefore, the aim of this study was to determine regional variations and identify factors associated with the infection.