Abstract:
Childhood Pneumonia is the leading cause of death in children under five years
of age. 0-5 years children are generally affected by Pneumonia.
The main purpose of the study is to identify the factors associated with
pneumonia in children under 5 years of age.
The objective of the study was to collect data on the nutritional status of children,
children immunization status, the type of cooking fuel their family use and
measure the number of cases of pneumonia.
A hospital-based study was at Dhaka Shishu Hospital, Shamoly, and Dhaka. The
study was conducted over 30 patients and their age was 12 months to 59
months. 60% of them were not completely immunized. They were extremely
deadly infected and also malnourished. The age of mothers of the children
was under 25 years of age and had education above secondary level. Half of
the main family persons were self-employed. 40–43 percent of families utilized
messy fuel for cooking such as biomass/kerosene/stove.
The report may be effective in highlighting the issues and standing at an
adequate level to help the government make progress in reducing pneumonia
in young people and improving the health of children.
