Risk reduction of diarrhea and respiratory infections following a community health education program - a facility-based case-control study in rural parts of Kenya

• Main Authors: Miriam Karinja (Author), Raymond Schlienger (Author), Goonaseelan Colin Pillai (Author), Tonya Esterhuizen (Author), Evance Onyango (Author), Anthony Gitau (Author), Bernhards Ogutu (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2020-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Diarrheal and acute respiratory infections remain a major cause of death in developing countries especially among children below 5 years of age. About 80% of all hospital attendances in Kenya can be attributed to preventable diseases and at least 50% of these preventable diseases...