Table 5.

Comparison with indicators for monitoring therapeutic programmes

Variable	CMCH	Acceptable limits
		Sphere standards∗	WFP/UNHCR∗
Recovery rate (%)	88.4	>75	>75
Death rate (%)	10.8	<10	<10
Mean±SD weight gain (g/kg/day)	7.73±8.30	>8	≥8
Mean±SD length of stay	14.81±6.94 (days) or 2 weeks approximately	3-4 weeks	<3-4 weeks
Defaulter (%)	19.3	<15	<15

∗Sphere standards (13); WFP/UNHCR (14); CMCH=Chittagong Medical College Hospital; SD= Standard deviation; UNHCR=United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees; WFP=World Food Programme; W/H=Weight-for-height