Konstantine Chakhunashvili, Davit G Chakhunashvili, Eka Kvirkvelia, Tornike Toria, Liza Basilaia, Tsira Gorjomeladze
Correlation of geopolitics, education, democracy with COVID-19 vaccination rate
BMC public health
diarrhea second leading cause underfive deaths claiming half million children every year deaths occurred subsaharan africa south asia oral rehydration solution ors described effective treatment diarrhea however 36 children diarrhea received ors subsaharan africa study examined factors associated ors use children diarrhea subregion demographic health surveys dhs data sets 31 countries subsaharan africa used study data involved 30102 underfive children diarrhea multivariable analysis involved binary logistic regression prevalence ors use 38 subsaharan africa countries namibia 718 zambia 664 malawi 638 highest rates use ors common among children whose mothers secondary higher education 45 exposed media 41 attended antenatal care 41 ors use significantly associated secondary higher education 163 95ci 147181 p0001 exposure media 117 95ci 107127 p0001 antenatal care attendance 233 95ci 108127 p0001 childs age 146 95ci 135159 p0001 childs size birth 108 95ci 100117 p005 household size 128 95ci106154 p005 source drinking water 118 95ci 109129 p0001 study revealed 38 prevalence ors use diarrhea episodes subsaharan africa low less 44 recorded developing countries whole study emphasises need study effects severity diarrhea ors use factors determining differences ors use among countries also calls interventions increase use ors subsaharan africa interventions include increase literacy rate among girls women increase proportion women access media involvement health workers programmes would promote antenatal care utilization among women community level provision social amenities like pipeborne water