Mozambique - 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
2003 46.60
2008 47.00
2011 55.70
2015 43.00

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

The value for Diarrhea treatment (% of children under 5 who received ORS packet) in Mozambique was 45.90 as of 2015. As the graph below shows, over the past 29 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 55.00 in 2011 and a minimum value of 14.00 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 14.00
1987 14.00
1989 30.00
1997 41.90
2003 48.50
2008 45.70
2011 55.00
2015 45.90

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Disease prevention