Dem. Rep. Congo - 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
2001 17.00
2007 42.30
2010 39.30
2014 39.90
2018 30.80

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

The value for Diarrhea treatment (% of children under 5 who received ORS packet) in Dem. Rep. Congo was 24.10 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 32 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 40.00 in 1989 and a minimum value of 10.00 in 1987.

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 18.00
1987 10.00
1989 40.00
1995 17.70
2001 16.80
2007 30.80
2010 26.60
2014 39.10
2018 24.10

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Disease prevention