Dr. Dilip created a solution of table salt, baking soda and commercial glucose that anybody could administer. The fatality rate dropped from 30% to 3.6%. Once scientists realized the efficacy of this simple solution, the WHO made ORS its mainstay in the fight against cholera and diarrhea. It was cheap, effective and cost less than $0.5 per treatment in most countries. Today, the global ORS market is valued at $660 million and is expected to reach $1.2 billion in the next five years.