Childhood diarrhoea: a cross-sectional survey on maternal knowledge, hygienic practices and use of oral zinc for home management in a Nigerian community

INTRODUCTION: diarrhoea is the second leading cause of morbidity and mortality in young children. The aim was to assess maternal knowledge, hygienic practices and home management (HM) of diarrhoea with oral rehyrdation therapy (ORT) and oral zinc in children aged 6-23 months in western Nigeria. Pred...

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Autores principales: Okafor, Ifeoma Peace, Akinyemi, Olufunsho Tope, Wika-Kobani, Barine Nene, Olubodun, Tope, Eze, Ugochukwu Timothy
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The African Field Epidemiology Network 2022
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9430891/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36060848
http://dx.doi.org/10.11604/pamj.2022.42.123.33829

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9430891/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36060848
http://dx.doi.org/10.11604/pamj.2022.42.123.33829

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