1) Percentage of children under age 5 with diarrhea at any time in the 2 weeks preceding the survey.
2) Percentage of children under age 5 with diarrhea at any time in the 2 weeks preceding the survey for whom advice or treatment was sought.
Coverage:
Population base: Living children under age 5 years (KR file)
Time period: 2 weeks preceding the interview
Numerators:
1) Number of living children under age 5 with diarrhea in the 2 weeks preceding the survey (b5 = 1 & b19 < 60 & h11 in 1,2)
2) Number of living children under age 5 with diarrhea in the 2 weeks preceding the survey for whom advice or treatment was sought (b5 = 1 & b19 < 60 & h11 in 1,2 & any of h12a – x = 1, excluding advice or treatment from a traditional practitioner)
Denominators:
a) Number of living children under age 5 (b5 = 1 & b19 < 60)
b) Number of living children under age 5 with diarrhea in the 2 weeks preceding the survey (b5 = 1 & b19 < 60 & h11 in 1,2)
Variables: KR file.
|
b5 |
Child is alive |
|
b19 |
Current age of child in months |
|
h11 |
Had diarrhea recently |
|
h12a |
Diarrhea: government hospital |
|
h12b-i |
Diarrhea: CS public sector |
|
h12j |
Diarrhea: private hospital/clinic |
|
h12k |
Diarrhea: private pharmacy |
|
h12l |
Diarrhea: private doctor |
|
h12na-ne |
Diarrhea: NGO medical sector |
|
h12m-r |
Diarrhea: CS private medical |
|
h12s-w |
Diarrhea: CS other sector |
|
h12x |
Diarrhea: other |
|
v005 |
Women’s individual sample weight |
Numerator divided by the denominator, multiplied by 100.
Missing data or “don’t know” responses on the question on fever are excluded from numerator 1, and from numerator and denominator 2, assuming no illness.
Missing data or “don’t know” responses for whether sought advice or treatment and from whom are excluded from numerator 2, assuming no treatment sought from a health facility or provider.
Indicator 2 includes advice or treatment from the public sector, private medical sector, NGO medical sector, shops, markets, and itinerant drug sellers, but excludes advice or treatment from a traditional practitioner.
For surveys prior to DHS-7, care seeking was defined differently. The indicator measured care seeking from a medical source or provider, and excluded pharmacy, shop, market, itinerant drug seller and traditional practitioner.
In DHS-8, NGO medical sector was added as a separate source category. Previously, it was lumped in with private medical sector.
Rutstein, S.O., S. Staveteig, R. Winter, and J. Yourkavitch. 2016. Urban child poverty, health, and survival in low- and middle-income countries. DHS Comparative Reports No. 40. Rockville, Maryland, USA: ICF International. https://www.dhsprogram.com/publications/publication-CR40-Comparative-Reports.cfm
WHO and UNICEF. 2013. Ending preventable child deaths from Pneumonia and Diarrhoea by 2025: The integrated Global Action Plan for Pneumonia and Diarrhoea (GAPPD). Geneva: WHO https://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/handle/10665/79207/WHO_FWC_MCA_13_01_eng.pdf
UNICEF. 2012. Pneumonia and diarrhea: Tackling the deadliest diseases for the world’s poorest children. New York, New York, USA:UNICEF https://data.unicef.org/resources/pneumonia-and-diarrhoea-tackling-the-deadliest-diseases-for-the-worlds-poorest-children/
DHS-8 Tabulation plan: Table 10.9
API Indicator IDs:
CH_DIAR_C_DIA
MICS6 Indicator TC.12: Care-seeking for diarrhoea