<![CDATA[The United Nations Children's Fund has recorded 5% of under-five deaths from diarrhea in the Southeast Asian region. The under-five mortality rate in Indonesia in 2014 was 8,600 under five, ranking 12 out of 15 countries with the highest under-five mortality rate in the world and the highest in Southeast Asia. Environmental basic sanitation systems such as clean water, use of latrines and garbage disposal are efforts to prevent diarrhea. The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between basic environmental sanitation and the incidence of diarrhea in infants in Babakansari Village, Kiaracondong District, Bandung City. Kiaracondong District is the second highest sub-district with 3,644 cases of which 796 cases of diarrhea in children under five. This study uses a case control approach. The case population is underfives who experienced diarrhea in January-April 2019 canceling 31 people. While the control population is a family that has children under five and does not suffer from diarrhea in January-April 2019, residing in the Babakansari sub-district. The sampling technique was total sampling and purposive sampling for the control sample. The research sample was 31 cases and 62 controls. The instrument was in the form of an observation sheet. The results of the chi square test showed that there was no relationship between basic environmental sanitation and the incidence of diarrhea in children under five with the results of clean water sources (p = 0.712), healthy latrines (p = 0.420) and garbage disposal facilities (p = 1,000). In conclusion, there is no relationship between basic environmental sanitation and the incidence of diarrhea in children under five. Suggestions should be further observation to see other factors that cause diarrhea in children under five in Babakansari Village is quite high.]]>
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