Sudan - 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
1990 46.30
2000 38.10
2006 55.90
2010 11.80
2014 59.30

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

The value for Diarrhea treatment (% of children under 5 who received ORS packet) in Sudan was 19.60 as of 2014. As the graph below shows, over the past 28 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 36.00 in 1989 and a minimum value of 8.00 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 8.00
1987 25.00
1989 36.00
1995 17.17
2000 27.40
2006 31.30
2010 22.00
2014 19.60

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Disease prevention