Table 1 Description of surveys included in the sample and distribution of SAM and MAM children 6 to 59 months among the categories defined based on “expanded MUAC-only” admission criteria, by country and region
Region | Country | N surveys | N children | SAMall (%) | MAMall (%) | Excluded SAM (%) | Under-estimated SAM (%) | Ignored Risk SAM (%) | Correctly Detected SAM (%) | Excluded MAM (%) | Prop. MAM in Program (%) | RUTF Allocation Increase |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
East Asia and Pacific | Myanmar | 10 | 5469 | 4.0% | 17.5% | 20.6% | 26.6% | 21.1% | 31.7% | 52.8% | 72.3% | 2.86 |
Philippines | 5 | 3202 | 1.4% | 5.8% | 59.1% | 20.5% | 2.3% | 18.2% | 85.9% | 59.1% | 1.00 | |
Total | 15 | 8671 | 3.0% | 13.1% | 27.1% | 25.6% | 17.9% | 29.4% | 58.2% | 71.4% | 2.55 | |
Latin America and Caribbean | Haiti | 24 | 13,156 | 1.2% | 4.8% | 28.4% | 14.2% | 21.6% | 35.8% | 49.8% | 73.1% | 2.67 |
South Asia | Afghanistan | 57 | 42,241 | 4.2% | 11.2% | 25.5% | 12.7% | 12.8% | 49.0% | 32.1% | 70.7% | 2.54 |
Bangladesh | 37 | 18,181 | 2.4% | 13.4% | 34.1% | 29.3% | 19.2% | 17.4% | 67.3% | 73.4% | 2.48 | |
India | 9 | 3861 | 5.6% | 24.2% | 36.7% | 37.6% | 14.7% | 11.0% | 70.7% | 66.4% | 1.89 | |
Nepal | 10 | 5511 | 4.6% | 16.7% | 19.1% | 31.3% | 23.4% | 26.2% | 52.8% | 67.7% | 2.50 | |
Pakistan | 19 | 12,850 | 6.4% | 17.0% | 25.3% | 19.0% | 23.1% | 32.6% | 49.9% | 64.2% | 2.09 | |
Total | 132 | 82,644 | 4.2% | 13.5% | 26.8% | 19.1% | 16.9% | 37.2% | 48.2% | 69.3% | 2.39 | |
East and South Africa | Kenya | 36 | 22,622 | 2.4% | 13.7% | 54.4% | 20.3% | 9.3% | 16.1% | 78.7% | 72.6% | 1.66 |
Madagascar | 9 | 4330 | 2.8% | 9.2% | 11.7% | 9.2% | 22.5% | 56.7% | 34.8% | 71.0% | 3.04 | |
Somalia | 7 | 5087 | 4.5% | 18.5% | 34.2% | 24.6% | 10.5% | 30.7% | 49.9% | 75.9% | 2.73 | |
South Sudan | 26 | 15,166 | 5.2% | 19.2% | 39.6% | 27.9% | 14.3% | 18.2% | 67.4% | 66.5% | 1.80 | |
Sudan | 41 | 35,100 | 4.7% | 17.4% | 34.0% | 26.3% | 19.4% | 20.4% | 65.0% | 66.2% | 1.95 | |
Uganda | 19 | 21,619 | 2.6% | 9.9% | 18.8% | 21.4% | 17.0% | 42.8% | 36.6% | 74.5% | 3.19 | |
Total | 138 | 103,924 | 3.8% | 15.0% | 35.1% | 24.4% | 16.2% | 24.3% | 62.6% | 69.7% | 2.14 | |
West and Central Africa | Burkina Faso | 7 | 5355 | 4.1% | 12.9% | 14.0% | 28.4% | 33.3% | 24.3% | 55.0% | 61.9% | 2.26 |
Central African Republic | 13 | 8607 | 2.5% | 8.5% | 11.1% | 14.7% | 27.2% | 47.0% | 29.5% | 72.9% | 3.28 | |
Chad | 18 | 10,992 | 5.7% | 16.5% | 22.0% | 27.1% | 24.0% | 26.9% | 49.5% | 65.3% | 2.25 | |
Guinea | 5 | 4006 | 3.1% | 7.8% | 11.9% | 23.0% | 31.7% | 33.3% | 41.9% | 62.1% | 2.33 | |
Mali | 13 | 9108 | 2.7% | 11.4% | 34.1% | 25.3% | 21.7% | 18.9% | 64.5% | 69.3% | 2.14 | |
Niger | 10 | 6976 | 3.6% | 15.0% | 16.3% | 26.3% | 27.5% | 29.9% | 43.5% | 73.8% | 3.19 | |
Nigeria | 5 | 2642 | 6.9% | 15.0% | 27.1% | 15.5% | 22.7% | 34.8% | 52.9% | 58.5% | 1.76 | |
Sierra Leone | 16 | 9759 | 1.5% | 5.1% | 34.5% | 16.2% | 9.9% | 39.4% | 59.4% | 68.5% | 2.08 | |
Total | 87 | 57,445 | 3.5% | 11.4% | 21.4% | 23.5% | 24.9% | 30.2% | 49.9% | 67.4% | 2.41 | |
DRC | 154 | 134,298 | 3.6% | 10.6% | 19.2% | 14.1% | 13.4% | 53.3% | 35.6% | 70.2% | 2.72 | |
Overall Aggregate Total | 550 | 400,138 | 3.7% | 12.3% | 25.8% | 19.6% | 16.7% | 37.9% | 49.6% | 69.6% | 2.44 | |