Senegal - Diarrhea treatment

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

Diarrhea treatment (% of children under 5 receiving oral rehydration and continued feeding) in Senegal was 45.20 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 18 years was 57.00 in 2015, while its lowest value was 34.00 in 2000.

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
2000 34.00
2005 42.60
2011 42.10
2013 47.60
2014 48.60
2015 57.00
2016 51.10
2017 44.00
2018 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 Senegal was 26.00 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 33 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 31.60 in 2015 and a minimum value of 3.00 in 1986.

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 3.00
1987 9.00
1989 27.00
1993 6.60
1996 11.00
1997 15.10
2000 13.00
2005 15.00
2011 22.40
2013 17.20
2014 22.60
2015 31.60
2016 20.50
2017 27.90
2018 30.30
2019 26.00

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Disease prevention