Madagascar - 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 47.00
2004 46.70
2009 49.40
2018 41.20

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

The value for Diarrhea treatment (% of children under 5 who received ORS packet) in Madagascar was 18.70 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 32 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 23.10 in 1997 and a minimum value of 2.00 in 1987.

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 12.00
1987 2.00
1989 11.00
1992 14.20
1997 23.10
2000 10.40
2004 12.40
2009 16.90
2013 14.60
2018 18.70

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Disease prevention