Bangladesh - 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 Bangladesh was 50.90 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 19 years was 75.50 in 2011, while its lowest value was 35.00 in 2000.

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 35.00
2004 52.40
2006 49.00
2007 68.00
2011 75.50
2013 64.60
2014 66.10
2018 61.60
2019 50.90

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

The value for Diarrhea treatment (% of children under 5 who received ORS packet) in Bangladesh was 72.40 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 33 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 83.30 in 2018 and a minimum value of 26.00 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 51.00
1987 26.00
1989 26.00
1994 50.30
1997 47.90
2000 61.30
2004 67.10
2006 64.40
2007 76.60
2011 77.60
2013 73.00
2014 77.00
2018 83.30
2019 72.40

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Disease prevention