Central African Republic - 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
2006 47.00
2010 37.50

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

The value for Diarrhea treatment (% of children under 5 who received ORS packet) in Central African Republic was 15.60 as of 2010. As the graph below shows, over the past 24 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 27.70 in 1995 and a minimum value of 6.00 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 6.00
1987 15.00
1989 20.00
1995 27.70
1996 24.00
2000 17.20
2006 13.40
2010 15.60

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Disease prevention