Assessing The Nursing Performance Related To Prevention Of Communicable Disease Among Children Under Five Years

Abstract

nder five children, not only constitute a large group but they are also vulnerable or high risk group. The risk is connected with growth, development and survival. First five years are full of health hazards. Since they are high risk group, under five children are exposed to many environmental factors leading to diseases in children. Pneumonia and diarrhea are the leading causes of death among children under 5 years of age around the world. Several studies in Africa reported communicable diseas-es as the leading causes of childhood death Communicable diseases such as, pneumonia, diarrheal diseases and malaria are major causes of childhood morbidity and mortality world-wide. The State of the World's Children 2012 report showed that globally, 7.6 million children under 5 years of age die an-nually and 3.7 million deaths occur in Sub-Saharan Africa. The bulk of childhood morbidity and mortality affect mainly children under 5 years of age, these diseases can be pre-vented, and the treatment is accessible and affordable Role of nurse include reducing the risk of infectious dis-ease outbreaks through early identification, investigation, con-