Background Routine immunization contributes greatly to reduction in mortality from vaccine preven... more Background Routine immunization contributes greatly to reduction in mortality from vaccine preventable diseases among children. The Somaliland Demographic and Health survey, 2020 revealed that only 13.7% of children in Marodijeh (Hargeisa) region had received all recommended vaccines, which is far below the World Health Organization (WHO) target of 80%. We therefore, assessed factors associated with immunization coverage among children under five years at Mohamed Mooge Health Center in Hargeisa, Somaliland. Methods Institutional based cross-sectional study was conducted on 174 systematically sampled, consented mothers that visited Mohamed Mooge Health Center for antenatal care during December 2022 to May 2023. Data was collected using a structured questionnaire. Data was analysed using SPSS and the relationship between dependent and independent variables was checked chi-square test at p ≤ 0.05. Finally, candidate variables were tested by using multivariate logistic regression in ord...
Background: In developing countries, diarrhea is the major cause for child death when children ar... more Background: In developing countries, diarrhea is the major cause for child death when children are less than five years’ old. Dehydration, malnutrition, delayed physical development and early childhood mortality are the major consequences of diarrheal diseases. In Somaliland, diarrheal diseases have been endemic and a major problem since 1994, with epidemics occurring annually. Objective: The aim of this study was to assess prevalence and risk factors of acute diarrhea among under five children living in Hargeisa IDPs, SomalilandMethods: A community based cross sectional study was conducted among mothers of under five children from August to September, 2020, in Hargeisa IDPs. 383 mothers were selected by using single population proportional formula. Data was entered, cleaned and analyzed using SPSS version 22. To explore association between variables, bivariate logistic regression was done for each independent variable with the dependent variable and those variables with a p-value o...
Background Routine immunization contributes greatly to reduction in mortality from vaccine preven... more Background Routine immunization contributes greatly to reduction in mortality from vaccine preventable diseases among children. The Somaliland Demographic and Health survey, 2020 revealed that only 13.7% of children in Marodijeh (Hargeisa) region had received all recommended vaccines, which is far below the World Health Organization (WHO) target of 80%. We therefore, assessed factors associated with immunization coverage among children under five years at Mohamed Mooge Health Center in Hargeisa, Somaliland. Methods Institutional based cross-sectional study was conducted on 174 systematically sampled, consented mothers that visited Mohamed Mooge Health Center for antenatal care during December 2022 to May 2023. Data was collected using a structured questionnaire. Data was analysed using SPSS and the relationship between dependent and independent variables was checked chi-square test at p ≤ 0.05. Finally, candidate variables were tested by using multivariate logistic regression in ord...
Background: In developing countries, diarrhea is the major cause for child death when children ar... more Background: In developing countries, diarrhea is the major cause for child death when children are less than five years’ old. Dehydration, malnutrition, delayed physical development and early childhood mortality are the major consequences of diarrheal diseases. In Somaliland, diarrheal diseases have been endemic and a major problem since 1994, with epidemics occurring annually. Objective: The aim of this study was to assess prevalence and risk factors of acute diarrhea among under five children living in Hargeisa IDPs, SomalilandMethods: A community based cross sectional study was conducted among mothers of under five children from August to September, 2020, in Hargeisa IDPs. 383 mothers were selected by using single population proportional formula. Data was entered, cleaned and analyzed using SPSS version 22. To explore association between variables, bivariate logistic regression was done for each independent variable with the dependent variable and those variables with a p-value o...
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