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

The value for Diarrhea treatment (% of children under 5 who received ORS packet) in Gabon was 26.10 as of 2012. As the graph below shows, over the past 26 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 26.10 in 2012 and a minimum value of 7.00 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 7.00
1987 7.00
1989 10.00
1996 24.80
2000 24.80
2001 24.80
2012 26.10

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Disease prevention