The Gambia - 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 38.00
2006 38.00
2010 66.60
2013 50.80
2018 48.30

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

The value for Diarrhea treatment (% of children under 5 who received ORS packet) in The Gambia was 44.30 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 34 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 59.20 in 2013 and a minimum value of 3.00 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 3.00
1987 3.00
1989 39.00
2000 33.00
2006 38.70
2010 38.90
2013 59.20
2018 43.90
2020 44.30

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Disease prevention