Cameroon - Diarrhea treatment (% of children under 5 who received ORS packet)
The value for Diarrhea treatment (% of children under 5 who received ORS packet) in Cameroon was 17.90 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 32 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 84.00 in 1989 and a minimum value of 1.00 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 |
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1986 | 1.00 |
1987 | 22.00 |
1989 | 84.00 |
1991 | 18.00 |
1998 | 21.90 |
2000 | 14.10 |
2004 | 16.80 |
2006 | 12.80 |
2011 | 17.20 |
2014 | 15.80 |
2018 | 17.90 |
Aggregation method: Weighted average
Periodicity: Annual
Classification
Topic: Health Indicators
Sub-Topic: Disease prevention