Guyana - 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 40.00
2007 28.00
2009 38.90
2014 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 Guyana was 42.50 as of 2014. As the graph below shows, over the past 28 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 49.80 in 2009 and a minimum value of 10.00 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 10.00
1987 10.00
1989 10.00
2000 34.10
2007 39.00
2009 49.80
2014 42.50

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Disease prevention