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Diarrhea is a major public health concern worldwide, with 2.5 billion cases occurringannually among children under five. Nearly three-quarters of child deaths are due todiarrhea, with 16,000 children under five dying daily from preventable causes likepneumonia, diarrhea, and malaria. This study aimed to determine factors influencingdiarrhea in children under five admitted at Hoima Regional Referral Hospital. A crosssectionalstudy was conducted, with 238 mothers randomly sampled from the populationwhose children were admitted. The prevalence of diarrhea among children under fiveadmitted at Hoima Regional Referral Hospital was 24.4% at the time of data collection.Factors influencing this high prevalence include the child's vaccination status, theintroduction of supplementary foods at an early age, early weaning, and the child's age.Mothers often do not practice exclusive breastfeeding, but introduce their children to otherfoods at a very early age, coupled with early weaning practices