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

The value for Diarrhea treatment (% of children under 5 who received ORS packet) in Rwanda was 27.50 as of 2015. As the graph below shows, over the past 29 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 29.10 in 2011 and a minimum value of 8.00 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 8.00
1987 24.00
1989 24.00
1992 27.60
2000 13.60
2005 11.60
2008 21.30
2010 29.10
2011 29.10
2015 27.50

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Disease prevention