Guinea - 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 Guinea was 42.40 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 19 years was 44.20 in 2016, while its lowest value was 28.60 in 1999.

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
1999 28.60
2003 44.00
2005 37.60
2012 39.90
2016 44.20
2018 42.40

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

The value for Diarrhea treatment (% of children under 5 who received ORS packet) in Guinea was 54.90 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 32 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 63.00 in 1989 and a minimum value of 1.00 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 1.00
1987 1.00
1989 63.00
1992 24.50
1999 34.50
2003 40.10
2005 33.10
2012 34.30
2016 34.30
2018 54.90

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Disease prevention