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

The value for Diarrhea treatment (% of children under 5 who received ORS packet) in Ethiopia was 29.50 as of 2016. As the graph below shows, over the past 30 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 32.00 in 1989 and a minimum value of 11.00 in 1986.

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 11.00
1987 23.00
1989 32.00
2000 13.10
2005 19.90
2011 26.30
2016 29.50

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Disease prevention