Prevalence of diarrhea and water sanitation and hygiene (WASH) associated factors among children under five years in Lira City Northern Uganda: Community based study

Brenda Auma; Marvin Musinguzi; Edward Ojuka; Eustes Kigongo; Raymond Tumwesigye; Walter Acup; Amir Kabunga; Bosco Opio

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0305054

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Prevalence of diarrhea and water sanitation and hygiene (WASH) associated factors among children under five years in Lira City Northern Uganda: Community based study

Brenda Auma,

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Community Health, Faculty of Public Health, Lira University, Lira, Uganda
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Marvin Musinguzi ,

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: musinguzimarvin0@gmail.com, mmusinguzi@gmail.com

Affiliation Department of Community Health, Faculty of Public Health, Lira University, Lira, Uganda

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8876-5216

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Edward Ojuka,

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Supervision, Validation, Visualization

Affiliation Department of Quality Assurance, Lira University, Lira, Uganda
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Eustes Kigongo,

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Environmental Health and Disease Control, Faculty of Public Health, Lira University, Lira, Uganda
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Raymond Tumwesigye,

Roles Conceptualization, Software, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Nursing, Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery, Lira university, Lira, Uganda
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Walter Acup,

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Community Health, Faculty of Public Health, Lira University, Lira, Uganda

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6222-3598

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Amir Kabunga,

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, Lira University, Lira, Uganda
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Bosco Opio

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Faculty of Public Health, Lira University, Lira, Uganda
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Prevalence of diarrhea and water sanitation and hygiene (WASH) associated factors among children under five years in Lira City Northern Uganda: Community based study

Brenda Auma,
Marvin Musinguzi,
Edward Ojuka,
Eustes Kigongo,
Raymond Tumwesigye,
Walter Acup,
Amir Kabunga,
Bosco Opio

Published: June 7, 2024
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0305054

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