Table 1.

Main indicators under surveillance

Indicator	Explanation	Notes
Crude death rate	Number of deaths due to all causes per 10,000 person-days	Also expressed as deaths per 1,000 person-years
Under-5 death rate	Number of deaths due to all causes among children under 5 per 10,00 child-days	As above
Prevalence of global acute malnutrition (GAM)	Percentage of children aged 6 to 59 months with middle upper arm circumference (MUAC) <125 mm and/or bilateral edema, defined as sustained pitting on dorsum of both feet after three seconds of thumb pressure	In practice, children were classified as falling within the target age range based on a proxy height criterion (65 to 110 cm). Note that this MUAC-based prevalence cannot be compared directly with more commonly used weight-for-height-based prevalence estimates [10]
Prevalence of severe acute malnutrition (SAM)	Percentage of children aged 6 to 59 months with MUAC <115 mm and/or bilateral edema	As above
Coverage of SAM treatment	Percentage of children with SAM that receive treatment for malnutrition by the MSF-supported program	The denominator includes those children normally resident in the sentinel site that may be temporarily admitted to inpatient facilities for complications
Coverage of pediatric treatment	Percentage of all children under 15 who died, whose caregivers reported a history of treatment in MSF-supported inpatient facilities during their final illness	Proxy indicator of the true coverage