![]() ![]() The goal of IDCF is to achieve zero diarrheal death. Intensified diarrhea control fortnight (IDCF) had been launched by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare in June 2017 to intensify the efforts to reduce child mortality due to diarrhea. The situation is worse among geographically inaccessible and remote districts. It affects the children from poor socioeconomic status badly. Diarrheal deaths are usually clustered in summer and monsoon. In Odisha, the prevalence of diarrheal disease was higher (9.8%) than the national average. According to the National Family Health Survey-4 (NFHS-4), the prevalence of diarrhea was found to be 9.2% in children under 5 years of age. In India, the estimated mortality due to diarrhea in children between 0 and 6 years age group was 9.1%. The incidence of diarrhea has decreased by 12.7% from 2000 to 2016 among children younger than 5. ![]() Deaths due to diarrhea have decreased by 56.5% in children younger than 5 years of age since 2000, and the morbidity due to the same has decreased by 59.3%. It accounts for 8% of deaths worldwide among children less than 5 years of age in 2016, which corresponds to around 480,000 deaths every year. In this twenty-first century still, children under 5 years of age are dying due to diarrhea, and it is the fifth leading cause of death. ![]()
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