Prevalence and determinants of Acute Lower Respiratory Infections among children under-five years in sub-Saharan Africa: Evidence from demographic and health surveys

• Main Authors: Abdul-Aziz Seidu (Author), Kwamena Sekyi Dickson (Author), Bright Opoku Ahinkorah (Author), Hubert Amu (Author), Eugene Kofuor Maafo Darteh (Author), Akwasi Kumi-Kyereme (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2019-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Acute Lower Respiratory Infections (ALRIs) account for 5.8 million deaths globally and 50% of these deaths occur in sub-Saharan Africa. In this paper, we examined the prevalence and determinants of ALRIs among children under-five years in 28 sub-Saharan African countries. We used data from the most...