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Table 1 Baseline and projected coverage of interventions to prevent and treat diarrhoea

From: Reducing diarrhoea deaths in South Africa: costs and effects of scaling up essential interventions to prevent and treat diarrhoea in under-five children

Intervention

Baseline (2014)

Scenario 1 (+10%)

Scenario 2 (+20%)

Scenario 3 (full coverage)

Breastfeeding

    

Exclusive breastfeeding, < 6 months

8 [23]

18

28

99

Any breastfeeding, 6 – 11 months

51 [23]

61

71

99

Any breastfeeding, 12 – 24 months

31 [23]

41

51

99

Feeding and supplements

    

Vitamin A supplementation

50

60

70

99

WASH

    

Improved water source

95.1 [24]

99

99

99

Water connection in the home

79.2 [24]

89.2

99

99

Improved sanitation

74.4 [24]

84.4

94.4

99

Hand washing with soap

17*

27

37

99

Hygienic disposal of children's stools

40.5*

50.5

60.5

99

Vaccines

    

Rotavirus

64 [9]

74

84

99

Diarrhoea treatment

    

Oral rehydration solution

50

60

70

99

Antibiotics - for treatment of dysentery

80

90

99

99

Zinc - for treatment of diarrhoea

10

20

30

99

Wasting

    

Therapeutic feeding - for severe wasting

45

55

65

99

Treatment for moderate acute malnutrition

10

20

30

99

  1. *Default coverage level in LiST.