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Dehydration: Main cause of death in childhood diarrhoea

1,499,146 cases of diarrhoea were reported among children under five years in 2018. [iStockphoto]

Diarrhoea is among the common diseases resulting in the death of hundreds of thousands of newborns and infants in Kenya and globally.

In Kenya, in 2018, at least 1,499,146 cases of diarrhoea were reported among children under five years, where Nairobi accounted for 136,028 of the cases.

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