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Table 11.8 Diarrhea treatment<br />

Among children under age 5 who had diarrhea in the two weeks preceding the survey, the percentage for whom advice or treatment was sought from a health facility or<br />

provider, the percentage given oral rehydration therapy (ORT), the percentage given increased fluids, the percentage given ORT or increased fluids, <strong>and</strong> the percentage who<br />

were given other treatments, by background characteristics, <strong>Timor</strong>-<strong>Leste</strong> <strong>2009</strong>-<strong>10</strong><br />

Background<br />

characteristic<br />

Percentage<br />

<strong>of</strong> children<br />

with diarrhea<br />

for whom<br />

advice or<br />

treatment<br />

was sought<br />

from a health<br />

facility or<br />

provider 1<br />

ORS<br />

packets<br />

Oral rehydration therapy (ORT) Other treatments<br />

Recommended<br />

home<br />

fluids<br />

(RHF)<br />

Either<br />

ORS or<br />

RHF<br />

Increased<br />

fluids<br />

ORT or<br />

increased<br />

fluids<br />

Anti-<br />

biotic<br />

drugs<br />

Antimotility<br />

drugs<br />

Zinc<br />

supplements <br />

Intravenous<br />

solution<br />

Home<br />

remedy/<br />

other<br />

No treatment<br />

Age in months<br />

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