Chad - 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
1997 22.90
2000 44.00
2004 27.40
2010 23.10
2015 28.90

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

The value for Diarrhea treatment (% of children under 5 who received ORS packet) in Chad was 20.40 as of 2015. As the graph below shows, over the past 30 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 23.40 in 1997 and a minimum value of 2.00 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
1985 7.00
1986 2.00
1987 2.00
1989 10.00
1997 23.40
2000 15.60
2004 15.10
2010 13.30
2015 20.40

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Disease prevention