MAM discharged defaulted

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 ?

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