South Asia - 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
2017 40.03

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

The value for Diarrhea treatment (% of children under 5 who received ORS packet) in South Asia was 50.34 as of 2016. As the graph below shows, over the past 30 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 50.34 in 2016 and a minimum value of 17.73 in 1993.

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 25.35
1987 25.34
1989 17.98
1993 17.73
1999 26.80
2006 30.21
2014 43.42
2016 50.34

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Disease prevention