A Survey to Assess the Knowledge, Practice, and Attitude on Acute Respiratory Infection among Mothers of under Five Children at Mch Clinic, Ramghat, Pokhara, Nepal

Acute respiratory infection is the most common and frequent illnesses experienced globally. It is found that about two million deaths cases are recorded each year. Number of death cases by this disease is highest in the developing countries. Various environmental and host factors are associated with the morbidity and mortality rate due to ARI. The environmental factors are overcrowding, large family, high population density, poor housing condition, poor socioeconomic status, parental smoking and environmental pollution etc. The host factors are avoidance of exclusive breast feeding, poor nutrition and absence of immunization against specific respiratory illness such as measles, whooping cough, and diphtheria.