<p><strong>Background</strong>: The varicella zoster virus is the cause of chickenpox, an acute respiratory infection that is extremely contagious. The main ways that the virus transmit from person to person are by direct skin-to-skin contact, inhalation of aerosols from vesicular fluid of skin lesions, and maybe through infected respiratory tract secretions. The objective of the study was to identify the contributing factors of chickenpox among internally displaced people in the Degan camp, Kallu district, Amhara, Ethiopia, 2023.</p>