Diarrheal diseases among children under five years in Brong Ahafo Region, Ghana, 2016

Introduction : diarrhoea is the frequent and excessive discharge of bowels caused by a wide range of agents. Rotavirus is the most common agent that causes acute watery diarrhoea in children Under Five Years (U5). Globally, Diarrheal Diseases (DD) account for 1 in 9 deaths in children U5. In Ghana, rotavirus vaccine is administered in two doses at six and ten weeks. DD in children U5 from Brong Ahafo Region (BAR) were analyzed to establish trends and long-term changes, describe reasons for changes, determine where cases were occurring, detect aberrations in the patterns and determine the data quality.