Yemen - 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
1992 23.20
1997 18.00
2003 18.00
2006 48.00
2013 39.70

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

The value for Diarrhea treatment (% of children under 5 who received ORS packet) in Yemen was 25.30 as of 2013. As the graph below shows, over the past 27 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 32.70 in 2006 and a minimum value of 6.00 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 11.00
1987 7.00
1989 6.00
1992 30.70
1997 32.40
2006 32.70
2013 25.30

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Disease prevention