Afghanistan - Diarrhea treatment (% of children under 5 who received ORS packet)

The value for Diarrhea treatment (% of children under 5 who received ORS packet) in Afghanistan was 39.90 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 32 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 53.30 in 2011 and a minimum value of 11.00 in 1987.

Definition: Percentage of children under age 5 with diarrhea in the two weeks preceding the survey who received oral rehydration salts (ORS packets or pre-packaged ORS fluids).

Source: UNICEF, State of the World's Children, Childinfo, and Demographic and Health Surveys.

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Year Value
1986 26.00
1987 11.00
1989 11.00
1997 33.00
2003 29.50
2011 53.30
2015 46.20
2018 39.90

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Disease prevention