Diarrheal disease remains one of the top 2 causes of young child mortality in the developing
world. Whereas improvements in water/sanitation infrastructure and hygiene can diminish …

Background The global public health problem of diarrhea is most prevalent in developing
countries including Ethiopia, especially among children under two years of age. Limited …

Background Diarrhea diseases continue to present a significant threat to the well-being of
children under the age of five in Africa, thereby contributing substantially to both morbidity …

In 2016, about one out of 10 children in sub-Saharan Africa died due to diarrhoea, causing
an estimated burden of 25 million disability-adjusted life years. A prominent cause of death …

The current childhood mortality burden highlights the need of a focused global diarrhea
action plan. The findings suggest that with proper packaging of interventions and delivery …

Background The magnitude of pediatric enteric pathogen exposures in low-income settings
necessitates substantive water and sanitation interventions, including animal feces …

Background Diarrheal disease remains a leading cause of death in children in low-income
countries. We investigated the etiology, risk factors and effects on nutritional status of severe …

Abstract We performed serial Health Care Utilization and Attitudes Surveys (HUASs) among
caretakers of children ages 0–59 months randomly selected from demographically defined …

Objective To quantify the frequency of antibiotic treatments attributable to specific enteric
pathogens due to the treatment of diarrhoea among children in the first 2 years of life in low …

OBJECTIVES: The long-term health burden of acute enteric infections has not been well
quantified. We assessed the 2013 global burden of diarrheal disease (DD) among children …