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PCBS: Palestinian Family Survey, 2010Oral Rehydration TherapyDiarrhoea is the second leading cause of death among children under-five worldwide. Most diarrhoea-related deathsin children are due to dehydration from loss of large quantities of water and electrolytes from the body in liquid stools.Management of diarrhoea – either through oral rehydration salts (ORS) or a recommended home fluid (RHF) - can preventmany of these deaths. Preventing dehydration and malnutrition by increasing fluid intake and continuing to feedthe child are also important strategies for managing diarrhoea.The goals are to: 1) reduce by one half deaths due to diarrhoea among children under-five by 2010 compared to 2000(A World Fit for Children); and 2) reduce by two thirds the mortality rate among children under-five by 2015 comparedto 1990 (Millennium Development Goals). In addition, the World Fit for Children calls for a reduction in the incidenceof diarrhoea by 25 percent.The indicators are:• Prevalence of diarrhoea• Oral rehydration therapy (ORT)• Home management of diarrhoea• ORT with continued feedingIn the PFS 2010 questionnaire, mothers (or caretakers) were asked to report whether their child had had diarrhoea inthe two weeks prior to the survey. If so, the mother was asked a series of questions about what the child had to drinkand eat during the episode and whether this was more or less than the child usually ate and drank.Overall, 13 percent of children under-five years of age had diarrhoea in the two weeks preceding the survey (TableCH.4). Diarrhoea prevalence differed among geographical regions, the highest being Nablus governorate (19 percent)and the lowest at Khan Yunis governorate (7 percent). These percentages were 18 percent in Jenin and Tubas governorates,and 17 percent in Tulkarm governorate. The prevalence was higher in the West Bank region (15 percent)compared to 10 percent in Gaza Strip. The peak of diarrhoea prevalence occurred among children aged 12-23 months(21 percent) and children aged 0-11 months (18 percent). The results showed differences between children living inCamps, urban and rural areas, where it was 15 percent of children living in Camps had diarrhoea in the two weekspreceding the survey compared to 12 percent in urban and 14 percent rural areas. Table CH.4 also shows the percentageof children receiving various types of recommended liquids during the episode of diarrhoea. About 31 percentreceived fluids from ORS packets or pre-packaged ORS fluids and 10 percent received recommended homemade fluids.About 45 percent of under-five children with diarrhoea drank more than usual while 54 percent drank the same or less(Table CH.5). Sixty-six percent ate somewhat less, same or more (continued feeding), but 16 percent ate much less orate almost none. Five percent ate more than usual.53
PCBS: Palestinian Family Survey, 2010Table CH.4: Oral rehydration solutions and recommended homemade fluidsPercentage of children age 0-59 months with diarrhea in the last two weeks, and treatment with oral rehydration solutionsand recommended homemade fluids, State of Palestine, 2010Background characteristicsHad diarrheainlast twoweeksNumber of childrenage 0-59monthsChildren with diarrhea who receivedORS (Fluid fromORS packet orpre-packagedORS fluid)Numberof childrenaged 0-59monthswith diarrheaRecommendedhomemadefluidsORS or anyrecommendedhomemadefluidGovernorateJenin 17.8 678 18.6 9.3 24.5 121Tubas 17.9 151 (46.1) (6.1) (46.1) 27Tulkarm 17.3 395 32.4 12.1 38.3 68Nablus 18.8 855 30.6 6.8 35.7 161Qalqiliya 14.9 302 (39.3) (2.0) (41.3) 45Salfit 14.8 179 (34.1) (26.1) (44.7) 26Ramallah & Al-Bireh 12.8 747 31.7 6.5 33.7 96Jericho & Al-Aghwar 9.5 107 (*) (*) (*) 10Jerusalem 12.8 794 46.6 17.7 55.5 102Bethlehem 14.6 425 35.8 3.0 38.7 62Hebron 13.3 1790 41.1 17.9 49.2 238North Gaza 9.3 948 17.3 3.2 18.4 88Gaza 10.0 1531 25.2 7.6 27.7 153Deir El-Balah 8.2 623 20.6 3.9 22.5 51Khan Yunis 6.7 962 35.0 3.2 35.0 64Rafah 17.1 623 21.4 3.5 24.9 107RegionWest Bank 14.9 6423 35.2 11.8 41.1 957Gaza Strip 9.9 4687 23.7 4.8 25.7 463SexMales 12.9 5682 32.4 9.3 37.3 732Females 12.7 5428 30.3 9.8 34.8 687Locality typeUrban 12.2 8072 30.9 9.8 35.5 984Rural 14.2 1909 32.4 9.8 37.8 271Camps 14.6 1129 32.8 7.7 37.1 165Child’s age in months0-11 17.7 2098 31.6 7.0 35.7 37112-23 21.4 2107 35.8 12.2 40.1 45024-35 11.8 2269 30.5 10.2 36.2 26936-47 8.8 2283 23.9 7.4 28.8 20148-59 5.5 2352 29.1 9.5 34.5 128Mother’s educationNo education 14.3 677 29.5 9.8 35.9 97Primary 13.7 5616 34.0 10.9 39.2 768Secondary + above 11.5 4817 28.2 7.6 31.9 55554
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