Table 5.
Treatments given at last episode of diarrhea*
| Treatment | India | Kenya | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Ever–users of ORS |
Never–users but aware of ORS |
Ever–users of ORS |
Never–users but aware of ORS |
|
| All treatments given, as % (n = episodes treated): |
n = 524 |
n = 464 |
n = 494 |
n = 363 |
| Antibiotics |
59 |
54 |
48 |
56 |
| ORS |
91 |
– |
75 |
– |
| SSS |
58 |
62 |
31 |
44 |
| Other home remedy |
27 |
31 |
9 |
14 |
| Antimotilities |
3 |
3 |
10 |
11 |
| Zinc |
12 |
8 |
9 |
6 |
| Monotherapy only, as % of episodes treated |
6 |
24 |
36 |
65 |
| Monotherapy only (n = episodes so treated) |
n = 49 |
n = 196 |
n = 178 |
n = 238 |
| Antibiotics as % of monotherapies |
16 |
39 |
23 |
47 |
| ORS as % of monotherapies |
58 |
– |
52 |
– |
| SSS as % of monotherapies | 16 | 42 | 14 | 30 |
ORS – oral rehydration solution, SSS - sugar–salt solution
*Combined results from R1 and R2 surveys, weighted equally.