Nepal - Diarrhea treatment

Diarrhea treatment (% of children under 5 receiving oral rehydration and continued feeding)

Diarrhea treatment (% of children under 5 receiving oral rehydration and continued feeding) in Nepal was 61.40 as of 2017. Its highest value over the past 16 years was 61.40 in 2017, while its lowest value was 36.80 in 2006.

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
2001 42.60
2006 36.80
2011 46.70
2014 45.90
2016 61.40
2017 61.40

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

The value for Diarrhea treatment (% of children under 5 who received ORS packet) in Nepal was 37.00 as of 2017. As the graph below shows, over the past 31 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 44.00 in 2014 and a minimum value of 14.00 in 1989.

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 25.00
1987 23.00
1989 14.00
1996 25.90
2001 32.20
2006 29.30
2011 39.00
2014 44.00
2016 37.00
2017 37.00

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Disease prevention