Skip to main content

Table 1 Description of surveys included in the sample, of the “MUAC and Severe Underweight” target, and sensitivity in detecting children combining wasting and stunting, by country and region

From: “No weight for height” case detection strategies for therapeutic feeding programs: sensitivity to acute malnutrition and target composition based on representative surveys in humanitarian settings

Region

Country

N surveys

N children

SAMmuac

(%)

SAMall

(%)

SWAZ

(%)

WA + ST

(%)

Target MUAC + SWAZ (%)

Suppl. MUAC+ SWAZ (%)

Prop. of Wa + ST captured in Target MUAC+ SWAZ

(%)

Prop. of Wa + ST captured in Suppl. MUAC+ SWAZ

(%)

Prop. of Target MUAC+ SWAZ that are neither SAMall nor Wa + ST (%)

Prop. of Suppl. MUAC+ SWAZ that are neither SAMall nor Wa + ST = el+

(%)

East Asia and Pacific

Myanmar

10

5473

2.2%

4.1%

10.0%

7.4%

10.5%

8.4%

81.1%

64.3%

31.5%

39.6%

Philippines

5

3196

0.1%

1.2%

5.9%

3.9%

5.9%

5.8%

74.0%

72.4%

47.0%

47.8%

Total

15

8669

1.4%

3.0%

8.5%

6.1%

8.8%

7.4%

79.5%

66.2%

35.3%

42.0%

Latin America and Caribbean

Haiti

24

13,226

1.2%

1.8%

4.2%

2.3%

4.6%

3.4%

83.2%

54.6%

44.3%

60.5%

South Asia

Afghanistan

65

48,456

2.5%

4.4%

6.6%

3.9%

8.0%

5.5%

83.2%

60.2%

34.0%

49.3%

Bangladesh

37

18,181

0.9%

2.4%

10.0%

7.7%

10.2%

9.3%

74.3%

66.4%

38.6%

42.2%

India

9

3860

1.4%

5.6%

19.8%

17.0%

20.2%

18.7%

82.1%

76.3%

26.1%

28.1%

Nepal

10

5522

2.5%

4.9%

17.8%

10.7%

18.3%

15.8%

85.4%

69.8%

44.0%

51.1%

Pakistan

19

12,851

3.6%

6.4%

13.1%

8.9%

14.1%

10.6%

85.4%

62.4%

31.8%

42.5%

Total

140

88,870

2.3%

4.4%

9.5%

6.4%

10.5%

8.2%

81.5%

65.0%

34.8%

44.5%

East and South Africa

Kenya

36

22,304

0.7%

2.5%

3.9%

3.4%

4.3%

3.6%

68.0%

60.3%

29.0%

34.7%

Madagascar

9

3709

2.6%

2.9%

5.9%

3.5%

6.6%

4.0%

83.2%

43.5%

37.7%

62.0%

Somalia

7

5087

1.9%

4.5%

4.9%

3.9%

6.1%

4.2%

67.3%

55.3%

26.3%

37.7%

South Sudan

26

15,167

1.7%

5.2%

4.4%

3.8%

5.4%

3.7%

72.7%

59.4%

15.2%

22.2%

Sudan

41

35,170

2.1%

4.9%

8.8%

6.4%

9.4%

7.3%

80.9%

62.5%

31.6%

40.5%

Uganda

19

21,658

1.8%

2.8%

5.5%

3.8%

6.2%

4.4%

81.9%

58.1%

33.0%

46.1%

Total

138

103,095

1.7%

3.9%

6.1%

4.6%

6.8%

5.1%

77.5%

60.2%

29.5%

39.2%

West and Central Africa

Burkina Faso

7

5365

2.6%

4.3%

12.0%

9.1%

12.3%

9.8%

81.5%

57.8%

34.1%

43.0%

Central African Republic

13

8640

2.3%

2.9%

8.3%

4.2%

9.0%

6.8%

87.1%

54.8%

48.3%

64.2%

Chad

18

11,046

3.4%

6.1%

13.0%

8.7%

13.9%

10.6%

84.0%

61.9%

33.3%

43.9%

Guinea

5

4025

2.5%

3.6%

7.5%

5.0%

8.2%

5.6%

91.1%

59.6%

31.4%

45.4%

Mali

13

9116

1.2%

2.8%

5.7%

4.4%

6.0%

4.8%

77.4%

60.8%

28.8%

36.1%

Niger

10

6979

2.1%

3.6%

14.6%

9.1%

14.9%

12.7%

84.1%

66.0%

43.9%

51.2%

Nigeria

5

2642

4.0%

6.9%

10.7%

7.4%

12.1%

8.1%

82.1%

59.7%

27.9%

41.6%

Sierra Leone

16

9759

0.7%

1.5%

3.1%

2.3%

3.5%

2.7%

78.8%

64.0%

31.9%

40.8%

Total

87

57,572

2.2%

3.7%

9.1%

6.0%

9.6%

7.5%

83.2%

61.1%

36.6%

47.1%

DRC

154

135,444

3.2%

4.4%

8.7%

4.7%

10.3%

7.1%

86.4%

60.6%

38.9%

56.4%

Overall Aggregate Total

558

406,876

2.4%

4.0%

8.1%

5.2%

9.1%

6.8%

82.3%

61.8%

35.8%

48.2%

  1. SAMmuac: MUAC < 115 mm and/or oedema
  2. SAMall: MUAC< 115 mm and/or oedema and/or WHZ < −3
  3. SWAZ: Severe underweight defined as WAZ < −3
  4. WA + ST: Wasting and stunting defined as WHZ < −2 and HAZ < −2
  5. Target MUAC+SWAZ: all children eligible for “MUAC and Severe Underweight” program defined by MUAC < 115 mm or WAZ < −3 or oedema
  6. Suppl MUAC+SWAZ: children eligible for “MUAC and Severe Underweight” program except those who have MUAC < 115 mm or oedema > = 115 mm and no oedema
  7. DRC Democratic Republic of Congo
  8. Regional and overall totals are in bold