Proportion of discharged cases with moderate acute malnutrition who defaulted
Unit Description
Percentage
Numerator
Number of discharged cases with moderate acute malnutrition who defaulted
Denominator
Total number of cases with moderate acute malnutrition discharged
Disaggregation
Geographical area, sex, group of beneficiaries: infants 0-5, children 6-59 months, PLW, people 60 years old and older, other groups, confirmed/non-confirmed
Indicator used for response monitoring ?
No
Types
Process
Threshold / Standard
Sphere Standards: should be less than 15%
Guidance on phases
Phase III and IV
Phase applicability
Phase 3
Phase 4
Data Sources
MAM management reporting
Comments
Where possible, it can be useful to break this indicator down to confirmed and non confirmed defaulters as defaulters can mask high death rates if not confirmed. This can be an optional category where capacity to trace defaulters is limited