A descriptive analytical study of the incidence of diarrhea and respiratory diseases in children under the age of five in Algeria through two cluster surveys 4th 2012-20123 (MICS4) and 6th 2019 (mics6)

Abstract

ABSTRACT:

If societies take good care of childhood, protect it, and raise it on sound foundations in all aspects, then what follows is better for these societies. This is what made the countries of the world a great challenge to care for this segment. Children's health is one of the indicators by which the standard of living in any country is measured. It has made it necessary for international organizations to take action and pay attention to conducting accurate scientific studies and research to find out the main factors and causes of diseases that threaten children’s health, especially diarrhea and respiratory diseases, which are among the main causes of child deaths. According to the World Health Organization, respiratory diseases and diarrhea top the list of infectious diseases that claim the lives of millions of children under the age of five in the world. This is why our study came to determine the most important determinants and extent of the prevalence or not of children under five years of age suffering from respiratory diseases and diarrhea, based on the national survey 2012-2013 and the 2019 survey in Algeria.