Project Manager, Micronutrient Forum
Normal user
27 Jun 2018, 13:18
Do you know of countries/contexts where the estimated number of children with SAM is higher than that of MAM?
This situation seems implausible, as SAM is often 2.5-3 times lower than MAM.
Frequent user
27 Jun 2018, 15:01
It could happen in the case of a lot of oedema and not a lot of wasting (WHZ < -2).
I did a quick an analysis of 2434 survey datasets that I had to hand found none where SAM prevalence exceeded MAM prevalence.
Global Child Nutrition Forum
Frequent user
27 Jun 2018, 15:39
It is rare and as stated by Mark the Oedema increases the prevalence of SAM in proportion to MAM. It was seen in Goma during the great lake crisis in mid 90s!