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Journal of Tropical Pediatrics 1987 33(6):315-318; doi:10.1093/tropej/33.6.315
© 1987 by Oxford University Press
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Epidemiology of Diarrhoeal Diseases in Khartoum Metropolitan Area

Hassan Elmhadi Elbushra, MB, BS (Khartoum), MCM (Khartoum)

Department of Community Medicine, Fadult of Science, University of Khartoum

Two hundred and ninety-eight children under 5 years of age suffering from diarrhoea were seen in eight health centres in Khartoum metropolitan area. Maximum incidence of diarrhoea occurred at the age of 6 months to 3 years. The mean age was 1.73 years SD±1.2 years. There was no sex difference (M:F = 1.1:1.0). The mean duration before reporting to a health centre was 2.89±1.9 days. Children were brought to see the doctor after they had passed 8.12±4.98 motions. The mean size of a household of these patients was 8.05±0.74 persons. Diarrhoea is related to the household size (P<0.05). Sixty-five per cent of patients were from poor or very poor families. Their mothers spent 4.4±4.5 years at school. Respiratory tract infections, malaria and malnutrition are the commonest illnesses associated with diarrhoea (26.3, 18.7, and 9.8 per cent, respectively). Thirty-four per cent of cases of diarrhoea were not associated with other illnesses. Eighty-four per cent of mothers continued to breast feed their children during diarrhoea.


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