| dc.description.abstract | Acute respiratory infections are cause by bacterial, fungal or viral infections of the respiratory tract. Very young and
older aged people are most vulnerable of these infections lead to difficulties from fever, cough, nasal discharge,
sputum production, fatigue, wheezing, pain on swallowing, at times ear infections and meningitis. With huge
number of Rohingya influx in Bangladesh, camps are overly crowded allowing many infectious diseases to transmit
easily. Although there are researches that have been conducted in this area, there remains a huge gap of research in
these camps where children being vulnerable are mostly suffering from respiratory disease such as Acute Respiratory
Infection (ARI). This cross-sectional study investigated the risk factors associated with ARI among children less than
10 years in Rohingya refugee camps. After collecting information based on their demographic, anthropometric, history
of respiratory problem, accommodation and nutritional status, it was found that about 21.6% of 259 children under
this study had symptoms of | en_US |
