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

The value for Diarrhea treatment (% of children under 5 who received ORS packet) in Kenya was 53.80 as of 2014. As the graph below shows, over the past 28 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 80.00 in 1989 and a minimum value of 23.00 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 23.00
1987 26.00
1989 80.00
1993 31.60
1998 36.90
2000 39.20
2003 29.20
2009 71.50
2014 53.80

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Disease prevention