Belize - Diarrhea treatment

Diarrhea treatment (% of children under 5 receiving oral rehydration and continued feeding)

Definition: Children with diarrhea who received oral rehydration and continued feeding refer to the percentage of children under age five with diarrhea in the two weeks prior to the survey who received either oral rehydration therapy or increased fluids, with continued feeding.

Source: UNICEF, State of the World's Children, Childinfo, and Demographic and Health Surveys.

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Year Value
2006 26.00
2011 42.50
2016 45.20

Diarrhea treatment (% of children under 5 who received ORS packet)

The value for Diarrhea treatment (% of children under 5 who received ORS packet) in Belize was 55.20 as of 2016. As the graph below shows, over the past 30 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 65.00 in 1989 and a minimum value of 22.80 in 2011.

Definition: Percentage of children under age 5 with diarrhea in the two weeks preceding the survey who received oral rehydration salts (ORS packets or pre-packaged ORS fluids).

Source: UNICEF, State of the World's Children, Childinfo, and Demographic and Health Surveys.

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Year Value
1986 65.00
1987 65.00
1989 65.00
1991 33.00
2006 27.00
2011 22.80
2016 55.20

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Disease prevention