| 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, but there remains a huge gap of research in those
camps where children being vulnerable are mostly suffering from diseases such as Acute
Respiratory Infection (ARI). This cross-sectional study investigated the risk factors associated
with ARI among children under 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
ARI. Living in congested housing and lack of nutritious food among children were found
associated with ARI. | en_US |
