Ethiopia - 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 37.90
2005 15.00
2011 25.10
2016 28.70

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

The value for Diarrhea treatment (% of children under 5 who received ORS packet) in Ethiopia was 29.50 as of 2016. As the graph below shows, over the past 30 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 32.00 in 1989 and a minimum value of 11.00 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 11.00
1987 23.00
1989 32.00
2000 13.10
2005 19.90
2011 26.30
2016 29.50

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Disease prevention