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Table 2 Change in median monthly SAM and MAM recovery rates during COVID-19

From: Acute malnutrition recovery rates improve with COVID-19 adapted nutrition treatment protocols in South Sudan: a mixed methods study

 

Median Monthly SAM Recovery Rate

Median Monthly MAM Recovery Rate

 

Pre-COVID

COVID

% Changea

Pre-COVID

COVID

% Changea

National

92.0%

95.7%

3.9%

91.5%

94.3%

3.1%

Central Equatoria

86.7%

91.5%

5.6%

88.1%

90.4%

2.6%

Eastern Equatoria

91.5%

95.4%

4.3%

90.8%

94.8%

4.4%

Jonglei

90.7%

94.2%

3.8%

92.8%

94.3%

1.6%

Lakes

93.8%

97.5%

3.9%

93.3%

96.3%

3.2%

Northern Bahr el Ghazal

91.4%

93.3%

2.0%

85.1%

88.6%

4.2%

Unity

97.0%

97.3%

0.3%

95.9%

96.3%

0.4%

Upper Nile

90.3%

97.4%

7.9%

92.7%

96.7%

4.3%

Warrap

92.0%

95.6%

3.9%

91.7%

95.4%

4.0%

Western Bahr el Ghazal

94.8%

98.2%

3.6%

93.7%

98.0%

4.6%

Western Equatoria

93.8%

97.9%

4.4%

92.7%

96.2%

3.8%

  1. a Comparison of 15-month periods before (Jan 2019 to Mar 2020) and after (April 2020 to June 2021) COVID