27.03.2017 Views

Malawi 2015-16

FR319

FR319

SHOW MORE
SHOW LESS

Create successful ePaper yourself

Turn your PDF publications into a flip-book with our unique Google optimized e-Paper software.

Table A-10.9 Oral rehydration therapy, zinc and other treatments for diarrhoea: Districts<br />

Among children under age 5 who had diarrhoea in the 2 weeks before the survey, percentage given fluid from an ORS packet, recommended homemade fluids (RHF), ORS or RHF, zinc, ORS and zinc, ORS or increased fluids,<br />

oral rehydration therapy (ORT), continued feeding and ORT, and other treatments; and percentage given no treatment, according to district, <strong>Malawi</strong> DHS <strong>2015</strong>-<strong>16</strong><br />

Percentage of children with diarrhoea who were given:<br />

District<br />

Fluid from<br />

ORS<br />

packets<br />

Recommended<br />

home fluids<br />

(RHF)<br />

Either ORS<br />

or RHF<br />

Zinc<br />

ORS and<br />

zinc<br />

ORS or<br />

increased<br />

fluids<br />

ORT (ORS,<br />

RHF, or<br />

increased<br />

fluids)<br />

Continued<br />

feeding and<br />

ORT 1<br />

Antibiotic<br />

drugs<br />

Other treatments<br />

Antimotility<br />

drugs<br />

Intravenous<br />

solution<br />

Home<br />

remedy/<br />

other<br />

Don’t<br />

know/<br />

Missing<br />

No treatment<br />

Number of<br />

children<br />

with<br />

diarrhoea<br />

Northern<br />

Chitipa 46.7 <strong>16</strong>.3 56.8 28.7 14.2 57.8 67.9 42.3 9.1 38.9 0.0 15.0 0.0 9.0 19<br />

Karonga 68.9 9.5 70.1 32.1 28.6 75.6 76.8 61.1 22.5 19.9 1.2 8.4 0.0 10.4 51<br />

Likoma (64.5) (5.2) (67.1) (32.8) (22.5) (66.3) (68.8) (55.4) (32.9) (20.1) (0.0) (<strong>16</strong>.9) (2.7) (15.0) 1<br />

Mzimba 61.1 4.4 62.3 25.7 22.6 68.5 69.7 35.2 13.1 18.8 0.0 8.9 0.8 14.6 173<br />

Nkhata Bay 62.2 7.3 64.6 28.2 22.4 75.3 77.6 52.5 3.4 15.1 0.0 11.4 0.0 <strong>16</strong>.1 46<br />

Rumphi 58.5 21.0 64.4 36.5 30.3 69.9 72.8 45.2 15.3 15.7 0.0 9.7 0.0 14.6 48<br />

Total 61.2 8.6 63.8 28.7 24.1 70.1 72.2 43.4 13.4 19.2 0.2 9.6 0.4 13.9 339<br />

Central<br />

Dedza 63.5 39.7 77.6 19.6 <strong>16</strong>.0 68.3 79.8 42.4 32.5 12.3 0.0 4.4 0.0 13.4 149<br />

Dowa 53.4 39.3 67.3 21.5 <strong>16</strong>.7 60.1 71.1 48.7 6.9 11.8 0.0 13.6 0.0 13.3 140<br />

Kasungu 65.5 9.9 69.7 28.1 24.8 72.1 76.2 55.4 10.3 8.5 0.0 7.1 0.7 <strong>16</strong>.6 174<br />

Lilongwe 63.2 28.0 69.4 30.9 26.2 72.9 76.3 61.8 15.1 20.9 0.0 11.2 0.5 11.5 686<br />

Mchinji 65.2 23.9 71.6 22.6 20.3 77.3 82.3 47.8 6.4 20.6 0.0 8.7 0.0 12.2 131<br />

Nkhotakota 56.8 14.1 60.8 29.2 26.6 64.0 65.6 61.5 9.5 19.7 0.0 7.6 0.0 22.3 90<br />

Ntcheu 75.4 40.3 84.7 33.6 32.6 84.5 89.2 78.7 10.1 15.9 0.0 9.5 0.0 5.4 125<br />

Ntchisi 76.1 13.1 78.4 31.1 24.4 77.9 80.3 70.8 5.0 11.5 0.0 11.9 0.0 5.6 73<br />

Salima 59.7 <strong>16</strong>.3 63.3 23.6 21.1 66.1 68.9 48.9 11.2 15.0 0.0 14.9 0.9 <strong>16</strong>.4 114<br />

Total 63.7 26.5 70.8 27.8 24.0 71.8 76.7 58.0 13.4 <strong>16</strong>.8 0.0 10.1 0.3 12.6 1,683<br />

Southern<br />

Balaka 71.8 41.9 75.9 27.9 24.6 81.3 84.2 64.0 15.3 10.3 0.0 8.9 0.0 5.8 85<br />

Blantyre 66.5 27.2 76.1 26.7 22.6 76.7 83.4 60.7 10.0 13.6 1.1 5.5 0.6 11.3 208<br />

Chikhwawa 70.8 20.9 72.6 23.2 20.3 75.9 77.7 44.8 17.7 28.2 0.0 9.2 0.0 12.5 92<br />

Chiradzulu 62.9 33.0 69.2 31.1 26.9 68.0 73.3 56.7 14.3 8.6 0.0 11.5 1.0 13.9 64<br />

Machinga 63.5 24.3 70.8 35.5 28.9 70.3 75.9 40.6 4.7 18.1 0.0 7.5 0.0 14.2 158<br />

Mangochi 56.8 25.1 63.9 25.5 22.8 61.8 69.0 61.9 12.1 11.9 0.0 8.4 0.0 21.4 208<br />

Mulanje 65.1 35.8 72.3 19.1 17.5 75.7 82.3 67.2 11.0 28.3 0.0 5.1 0.0 11.2 201<br />

Mwanza 61.9 24.2 66.6 22.0 20.4 76.3 80.9 64.5 4.9 19.2 0.0 13.6 0.0 10.5 <strong>16</strong><br />

Neno 77.2 40.6 87.1 23.7 22.0 83.1 89.6 45.8 8.6 15.0 0.0 5.1 0.0 7.5 45<br />

Nsanje 71.8 35.7 80.9 37.7 31.2 77.7 84.9 74.8 11.4 9.9 0.0 23.0 0.0 10.9 46<br />

Phalombe 70.9 28.5 78.6 37.7 34.0 83.5 86.3 60.7 14.8 20.3 0.0 15.7 0.0 6.8 150<br />

Thyolo 70.3 37.8 79.6 34.9 30.4 83.1 87.9 56.4 11.9 19.0 0.0 2.6 0.1 7.0 <strong>16</strong>4<br />

Zomba 70.3 29.0 76.2 24.2 22.8 76.3 79.5 58.9 <strong>16</strong>.3 4.9 0.0 5.2 0.0 18.0 124<br />

Total 66.6 30.4 73.9 28.4 24.9 75.3 80.5 58.2 11.9 <strong>16</strong>.7 0.2 7.9 0.1 12.3 1,562<br />

Total 64.7 26.5 71.5 28.1 24.4 73.2 77.9 56.7 12.7 17.0 0.1 9.1 0.3 12.6 3,584<br />

Note: Figures in parentheses are based on 25-49 unweighted cases.<br />

ORS = Oral rehydration salts.<br />

1<br />

Continued feeding includes children who were given more, same as usual, or somewhat less food during the diarrhoea episode.<br />

Appendix A • 373

Hooray! Your file is uploaded and ready to be published.

Saved successfully!

Ooh no, something went wrong!