Community-Based Therapeutic Care (CTC) Mogadishu, Somalia
SAACID, in partnership with Oxfam, and with support by UNICEF and WFP, operates nutrition sites across Mogadishu City; treating acutely malnourished children under 5 years of age, providing nutrition counselling and supplementation to pregnant and lactating women, and immunization services. This programme bulletin provides highlights from this month’s activities.
OTP Figures – August 2012
OTP in-charge at end of month 5,110
OTP admissions this month 2,777
Relative¹ percentage +/- from last month -25.4%
District² with highest OTP admissions DHK
OTP cured rate this month 93.4%
OTP default rate this month 6.1%
Avg. weight gain this month (g/kg/day) 5.94
Average length of stay 57 days
Cumulative SAM cases - 12 months 40,067
SFP Figures – August 2012
SFP in-charge at end of month 22,021
SFP new admissions this month 8,261
Relative¹ percentage +/- from last month -17%
OTP follow up admissions into SFP 4,407
District² with highest SFP admissions DHK
SFP cured rate this month 94.7%
SFP default rate this month 4.8%
Avg. weight gain this month (g/kg/day) 3.04
Average length of stay 57 days
Cumulative MAM Cases – 12 months 116,274
Cumulative OTP follow up – 12 months 37,885
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