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    Determinants of Diarrhea Among Under-Five Children in Kenya
    (Addis Ababa University, 2024-06) Kedija Ahmed; Eshetu Wencheko
    Diarrhea is defined as having loose or watery stools at least three times a day or more frequently. Diarrhea disease is the second most common cause of death for children under- five in the world and the first leading cause of death in Kenya. Every year, there are over 1.7 billion cases of diarrhea in children worldwide, and 525,000 children under the age of five died from preventable diarrheal illnesses. Descriptive statistics and multilevel binary logistic regression analysis were conducted to assess the prevalence of diarrhea and to identify factors that affect childhood diarrhea, respectively. The overall prevalence of diarrhea in Kenya was 14.80%. Multilevel binary logistic regression analysis showed that age of child, Birth order, region, residence, education level of mother, HH wealth index, number of U-5 children in the HH, mother age, media exposure and rotavirus vaccine have statistically significant associated with occurrence of diarrhea in Kenya. Government and concerned stakeholders should work for further reduction of diarrhea prevalence among under-five children in Kenya.