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    Coutilisation of oral rehydration solution and zinc for treating diarrhoea and its associated factors among underfive children in East Africa: a multilevel robust Poisson regression
    (British Medical Journal Publishing Group, 2024-03) Legesse, Bruck Tesfaye; Wondie, Wubet Tazeb; Gedefaw, Gezahagn Demsu; Workineh, Yakob Tadese; Seifu, Beminate Lemma
    This study aimed to assess the coutilisation of oral rehydration solution (ORS) and zinc for treating diarrhoea and its associated factors among under-5 children in East Africa. Cross-sectional study design. Multilevel Poisson regression analysis with robust variance was fitted to identify predictors of zinc and ORS coutilisation. An adjusted prevalence ratio (aPR) with a 95% CI was reported to declare the statistical significance. Twelve East African countries. 16 850 under-5 children who had diarrhoea were included in the study. In East African nations, the coutilisation of ORS and zinc for the treatment of diarrhoea in children under 5 was 53.27% with a 95% CI (52.54% to 54.01%). Children of mothers with primary education (aPR 1.15, 95% CI 1.09 to 1.20), secondary education (aPR 1.08, 95% CI 1.02 to 1.14), higer education (aPR 1.19, 95% CI 1.10 to 1.29), those from maternal age category of 20-24 (aPR 1.14, 95% CI 1.07 to 1.21), age category of 25-29 (aPR 1.13, 95% CI 1.06 to 1.21), age category of 30-34 (aPR 1.09, 95% CI 1.02 to 1.16), those from wealthy households (aPR 1.04, 95% CI 1.01 to 1.09) and those who have a media exposure (aPR 1.04, 95% CI 1.01 to 1.08) were more likely to receive combination. Only half of the under-5 children with diarrhoea in East Africa were treated with a combination of ORS and zinc. To increase the use of the suggested combination therapy of ORS with zinc, it is important to empower women through education and prevent teen pregnancy.