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

The value for Diarrhea treatment (% of children under 5 who received ORS packet) in Niger was 40.80 as of 2015. As the graph below shows, over the past 29 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 54.00 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
1986 1.00
1987 24.00
1989 54.00
1992 10.40
1998 19.60
2000 14.30
2006 17.60
2012 44.30
2015 40.80

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Disease prevention