Prevalence of Acute Diarrhoea and its Causative Agents at Debay Tilatgin Woreda, East Gojjam, Amhara Reginal State, Ethiopia
| dc.contributor.advisor | Tegenu Gelana | |
| dc.contributor.author | Seleshi Dagne | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2025-08-31T20:25:05Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2025-08-31T20:25:05Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2024-08 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Acute-diarrhea is loose, watery and possibly more-frequent passage of stool is a common problem. Sometimes, it's the only symptom of a condition. At other times, it may be associated with other symptoms, such as nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain or weight loss.Luckily, diarrhea is usually short-lived, lasting no more than a few days In 2004, diarrhea illness claimed 2.16 million lives globally,Acute diarrhea disease is a major cause of mortality among children in many developing countries, including Ethiopia. Since there was no any research conducted around Debay Tilatgin woreda about acute diarrhea. Therefore the aim of this study was to assess the prevalence of acute diarrhea and its causative agents at Debay Tilatgin Woreda, from July 2018 to June 2023 G.C. A five year retrospective cross-sectional study was conducted in Debay Tilatgin Woreda, Northwest Ethiopia. A five year retrospective data were reviewed. The findings of this study showed that the overall prevalence of diarrhoea indicates variation in age categories. According to our finding the causative agents of acute diarrhea were bacteria ,food poisoning, gardenia and amoeba considering Kuy health center from July 2018 to June 2023G.C a total of 6180 individuals were recorded Diarrhea patients. Among these 3061 (49.5%) were males and 3119 (50.5%) were females. Among the causative agents of acute diarrhea, bacteria(44%) was the prominent where as amoeba (6.4%) was the lowest. It can be concluded that the prevalence of acute diarrhea was fluctuating though age, year and sex groups . Thus we recommend the health centers to create an awareness for the community to reduce acute diarrhea and should focus mainly on water sanitation and hygiene interventions. | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://etd.aau.edu.et/handle/123456789/7203 | |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | |
| dc.publisher | Addis Ababa University | |
| dc.subject | Acute Diarrhea | |
| dc.subject | Causative Agents | |
| dc.subject | Prevalence | |
| dc.title | Prevalence of Acute Diarrhoea and its Causative Agents at Debay Tilatgin Woreda, East Gojjam, Amhara Reginal State, Ethiopia | |
| dc.type | Thesis |