Table 2.

Characteristics of the three country cohorts

Location	Agency	Program start date	Program end date	Program admission criteria	Program discharge criteria	Data collected at each visita	Number of episodes
Ethiopiab	SC-US	16/09/03	06/05/04	MUAC < 110 mm	WHM ≥ 80 %c and MUAC ≥ 110 mm	MUAC Weight	431
Malawid	MoH	01/03/11	28/02/12	MUAC < 115 mm	MUAC ≥ 125 mm	MUAC Weight Morbidity	235
Bangladeshb	Tdh	11/06/13	20/08/14	MUAC <115 mm	MUAC ≥ 115 mm andWHZ ≥ −3e and weight gain > 15 %	MUAC Weight	264

^aHeights at admission and discharge were also recorded: ^bData collected in a service context: ^cThe NCHS reference was used; ^dData were collected as part of a research project: ^eWGS reference was used