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Maternal determinants of diarrhea in children under five in Lubumbashi, Democratic Republic of the Congo Volume 29, issue 3, Juillet-Août-Septembre 2019

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Authors
1 Département de pédiatrie, Faculté de médecine, Université de Lubumbashi, Lubumbashi, République démocratique du Congo
2 Institut supérieur des techniques médicales, Lubumbashi, République démocratique du Congo
3 University of Antwerp, faculty of medicine & health sciences, Antwerp, Belgique
4 Département de santé publique, Faculté de médecine, Université de Lubumbashi, Lubumbashi, République démocratique du Congo
5 Université de Kinshasa, faculté de médecine, Kinshasa, République démocratique du Congo
* Correspondance

Introduction

Diarrheal diseases are one of the leading causes of death among children younger than 5 years of age in the world in general and in sub-Saharan Africa in particular. Mothers are predominantly responsible for child care and housekeeping in this region. The objective of this study was to determine the prevalence of diarrhea and identify its maternal determinants in children under five in the city of Lubumbashi.