Eswatini - 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
2000 25.00
2007 49.90
2010 48.10
2014 46.40

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

The value for Diarrhea treatment (% of children under 5 who received ORS packet) in Eswatini was 84.00 as of 2014. As the graph below shows, over the past 25 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 85.50 in 2007 and a minimum value of 57.00 in 2010.

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
1989 85.00
1996 63.00
2000 66.30
2007 85.50
2010 57.00
2014 84.00

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Disease prevention