Children with Diarrhoea Receiving Zinc
Only 30% of children with diarrhoea receive zinc treatment nationally — a cheap lifesaver underused.
Policy implication
Zinc with ORS reduces diarrhoea duration by 25%; the gap is awareness and supply chain, not cost.
NFHS-5 2019-21Healthzincdiarrhoeachildren
Source: NFHS-5 (2019-21). See the methodology for notes and limitations.
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