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

The value for Diarrhea treatment (% of children under 5 who received ORS packet) in Philippines was 44.80 as of 2017. As the graph below shows, over the past 31 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 55.30 in 2011 and a minimum value of 24.00 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 25.00
1987 24.00
1989 25.00
1993 27.10
1998 43.40
2003 42.20
2008 46.50
2011 55.30
2013 49.10
2017 44.80

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Disease prevention