Prevalence of diarrhoea and risk factors among children under five years old in Mbour, Senegal: a cross-sectional study

• Main Authors: Sokhna Thiam (Author), Aminata N. Diène (Author), Samuel Fuhrimann (Author), Mirko S. Winkler (Author), Ibrahima Sy (Author), Jacques A. Ndione (Author), Christian Schindler (Author), Penelope Vounatsou (Author), Jürg Utzinger (Author), Ousmane Faye (Author), Guéladio Cissé (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2017-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Diarrhoeal diseases remain an important cause of mortality and morbidity among children, particularly in low- and middle-income countries. In Senegal, diarrhoea is responsible for 15% of all deaths in children under the age of five and is the third leading cause of childhood deat...