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SITUATION ANAlySIS of ChIldreN in UgANdASTATISTICAl ABSTrACTOnly one child in 50 with diarrhoea receives zinc supplements.An urban-based infant is twice as likely to be given zinc for diarrhoea as a rural infant.Despite the very low national levels, there are big regional disparities, withchildren in the South-West and East Central regions getting no zinc and more thanone in every 20 being given zinc for diarrhoea in West Nile region.Children born to mothers with at least a secondary school education are fourtimes as likely to get zinc for diarrhoea treatment as are children born to motherswithout an education.Children’s likelihood of getting zinc for diarrhoea treatment decreases as theyget older: for four-year-olds it is one in every 500 sick children while for childrenunder six months it is three in every 100.No distinct pattern is observed among different wealth groups.amoNg childreN uNder five who had diarrhoea iN the two weeksprecediNg the survey, the perceNtage giveN ZiNc supplemeNts as treatmeNtSource: UBOS and Macro International, 2007; UBOS and ICF International, 2012childreN uNder five with diarrhoea Not giveN ort/fluidsSource: Under-fives with diarrhoea who were not given ORT/fluids rates: UBOS, 2012; Numbers of under-fives withdiarrhoea who were not given ORT/fluids estimates: UNICEF calculations152
SITUATION ANAlySIS of ChIldreN in UgANdASTATISTICAl ABSTrACTviTAM in A SUppLeMenTATiOnThe percentage of children under five receiving vitamin Asupplements increased from 36% in 2006 to 57% in 2011.Almost three in every five children aged 6–59 months (57%) received vitamin Asupplements in the six months preceding the 2011 UDHS.Vitamin A supplementation was lowest in Central 1 (36%) region followed byCentral 2 and South-West (each 44%) and highest in Karamoja (74%).There was no significant variation in vitamin A supplementation among childrenon the basis of gender or residence.There was no definite pattern of variation in vitamin A intake between differentlevels of wealth group. Children in the third quintile had the least intake of vitaminA supplements (51%) compared with those in the lowest quintile (62%).Vitamin A supplementation increased with the mother’s level of education.childreN age 6–23 moNths who are liviNg with their mother who weregiven vitamin a supplements in past siX monthsSource: UBOS and ICF International, 2012153
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