Trends in diarrhoeal disease hospitalisation in a paediatric short - stay ward at a tertiary-level hospital in Soweto : 2002-2016

Globally, a decline in diarrhoeal disease has been observed over the last two decades. This may be attributable to several interventions, including rotavirus vaccination since 2009 in South Africa. From January 2002 to December 2016, we conducted a retrospective trend analysis of diarrhoeal hospital...

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Published in:SAJCH : the South African journal of child health 2019-12, Vol.13 (4), p.154-157
Main Authors: Izu, A, Makgatho, E, Groome, M, Lala, S.G, Vallabh, P, Patel, F, Dangor, Z
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Analysis
Child health
Dehydration (Physiology)
Health Care Sciences & Services
Immunization
Pediatrics
Vaccination
Vaccines
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Summary:Globally, a decline in diarrhoeal disease has been observed over the last two decades. This may be attributable to several interventions, including rotavirus vaccination since 2009 in South Africa. From January 2002 to December 2016, we conducted a retrospective trend analysis of diarrhoeal hospitalisations with mild or moderate dehydration to a short-stay ward (SSW) in children
ISSN:1994-3032
1999-7671
1999-7671
DOI:10.7196/SAJCH.2019.v13i4.1637