Prevalence and Common Risk Factors of Rickets among the Children below 15 Years

What is it about?

Rickets is a disease of growing bone of children occurs only before fusion of the epiphysis. It was first reported in Europe in the mid 1600s and was recognized as an important health problem in Bangladesh in 1991 after adevastating cyclone. A national Rickets survey was conducted in Bangladesh in 2008 to measure the overall national prevalence of rickets among Bangladeshi children aged 1-15 year. Rickets was found in every division with the highest prevalence reported in Chittagong division.Helen Keller International (HKI) conducted surveys in 28 upazillas of Bangladesh in 2000 and 2004. Rickets was identified in over half of these upazillas with the highest prevalence in Chittagong and Sylhet divisions respectively. The aim of the present survey was to determine the reason of high prevalence of rickets in Sylhet district and to find out the factors responsible for rickets.

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