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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.
Health Statistics > Diarrhea treatment > % of children under 5 receiving oral rehydration and continued feeding (most recent) by country
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Rank
Countries
Amount
Date
# 1
Zimbabwe :
79.5 %
1999
# 2
Philippines :
75.8 %
2003
# 3
Mongolia :
65.5 %
2000
# 4
Cambodia :
59.3 %
2000
# 5
Peru :
57.1 %
2004
# 6
Indonesia :
56 %
2002
# 7
Eritrea :
54 %
2002
# 8
Bolivia :
53.7 %
2003
# 9
Iraq :
53.5 %
2000
# 10
Tanzania :
53 %
2005
# 11
Lesotho :
52.9 %
2004
# 12
Bangladesh :
52.5 %
2004
# 13
Moldova :
51.5 %
2000
# 14
Malawi :
51.4 %
2000
# 15
Albania :
50.7 %
2000
# 16
Venezuela :
50.5 %
2000
# 17
Nicaragua :
48.7 %
2001
# 18
Burma :
48.4 %
2000
# 19
Afghanistan :
48.1 %
2003
# 20
Armenia :
48 %
2000
# 21
Zambia :
47.8 %
2002
# 22
Burkina Faso :
47.3 %
2003
= 23
Central African Republic :
46.7 %
2000
= 23
Madagascar :
46.7 %
2004
# 25
Mozambique :
46.6 %
2003
# 26
Morocco :
45.8 %
2004
# 27
Mali :
45.3 %
2001
# 28
Gabon :
43.7 %
2000
= 29
Guinea :
43.6 %
2003
= 29
São Tomé and Príncipe :
43.6 %
2000
= 29
Jordan :
43.6 %
2002
# 32
Cameroon :
43.4 %
2004
# 33
Niger :
42.9 %
2000
# 34
Nepal :
42.6 %
2001
# 35
Suriname :
42.5 %
2000
= 36
Dominican Republic :
41.7 %
2002
= 36
Benin :
41.7 %
2001
# 38
Haiti :
40.5 %
2000
# 39
Azerbaijan :
40.3 %
2000
# 40
Ghana :
39.9 %
2003
# 41
Guyana :
39.7 %
2000
# 42
Vietnam :
39.4 %
2002
= 43
Namibia :
38.8 %
2000
= 43
Colombia :
38.8 %
2005
# 45
Sierra Leone :
38.7 %
2000
# 46
Sudan :
38.1 %
2000
# 47
Ethiopia :
37.9 %
2000
# 48
Gambia, The :
37.8 %
2000
# 49
Laos :
37.2 %
2000
# 50
South Africa :
37 %
1998
# 51
Equatorial Guinea :
35.6 %
2000
# 52
Côte d'Ivoire :
33.8 %
2000
= 53
Pakistan :
33.3 %
1991
= 53
Kenya :
33.3 %
2003
# 55
Senegal :
32.9 %
2000
# 56
Uzbekistan :
32.6 %
2000
# 57
Angola :
31.7 %
2001
= 58
Trinidad and Tobago :
31.3 %
2000
= 58
Comoros :
31.3 %
2000
# 60
Egypt :
28.7 %
2000
# 61
Tajikistan :
28.5 %
2000
= 62
Mauritania :
28.3 %
2001
= 62
Uganda :
28.3 %
2001
# 64
Brazil :
28.2 %
1996
# 65
Nigeria :
27.7 %
2003
# 66
Chad :
27.4 %
2004
# 67
Togo :
25.2 %
2000
# 68
Swaziland :
23.8 %
2000
# 69
Yemen :
23.2 %
1991
= 70
Bosnia and Herzegovina :
22.6 %
2000
= 70
Guinea-Bissau :
22.6 %
2000
# 72
India :
22.2 %
1999
# 73
Guatemala :
21.9 %
1999
# 74
Kazakhstan :
21.6 %
1999
# 75
Jamaica :
21.1 %
2000
# 76
Turkey :
18.9 %
1998
# 77
Congo, Democratic Republic of the :
16.5 %
2001
# 78
Kyrgyzstan :
16.3 %
1997
# 79
Rwanda :
16.2 %
2000
# 80
Burundi :
15.6 %
2000
# 81
Botswana :
7.2 %
2000
Weighted average:
39.0 %
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.
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