Lesotho - 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 Lesotho was 54.50 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 18 years was 61.40 in 2014, while its lowest value was 29.00 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 29.00
2004 52.90
2005 53.00
2009 47.60
2014 61.40
2018 54.50

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

The value for Diarrhea treatment (% of children under 5 who received ORS packet) in Lesotho was 39.70 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 31 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 68.00 in 1989 and a minimum value of 35.00 in 1996.

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
1987 68.00
1989 68.00
1996 35.00
2000 53.90
2004 41.90
2005 41.90
2009 51.30
2014 53.40
2018 39.70

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Disease prevention