Housing quality and its impact on Acute Respiratory Infection (ARI) symptoms among children in Punjab, Pakistan.

ABSTRACT: Exposure to poor housing quality and household air pollution (HAP) are significant factors for morbidity and mortality in Pakistan. Children under five are particularly at risk of acute respiratory infections (ARIs). Globally, it has been estimated that 6.6 million children less than five years of age die every year from this disease. Little is known regarding the effect of HAP and poor housing quality on children's respiratory symptoms in Pakistan. Statistics concerning Pakistan's largest province, Punjab, are also not promising. Hence, an association between housing quality and respiratory symptoms among children under the age of five in Punjab has been studied in this paper. Using data from MICS 2017-18, logistic regression models were applied to the sample of 35000 children under the a

SUBMITTER: Aftab A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10022367 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature