Mauritania - 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 |
|---|---|
| 2001 | 9.00 |
| 2007 | 32.00 |
| 2011 | 33.70 |
| 2015 | 34.50 |
Diarrhea treatment (% of children under 5 who received ORS packet)
The value for Diarrhea treatment (% of children under 5 who received ORS packet) in Mauritania was 25.40 as of 2015. As the graph below shows, over the past 29 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 54.00 in 1989 and a minimum value of 2.00 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 | 2.00 |
| 1987 | 2.00 |
| 1989 | 54.00 |
| 1996 | 13.90 |
| 2001 | 22.60 |
| 2007 | 20.10 |
| 2011 | 18.80 |
| 2015 | 25.40 |
Classification
Topic: Health Indicators
Sub-Topic: Disease prevention
