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Table 2 Surveys analysed and sample size by region and country

From: Mid-Upper Arm Circumference (MUAC) shows strong geographical variations in children with edema: results from 2277 surveys in 55 countries

WHO region

Number of countries

Country (Number of datasets; Number of children)

African

33

Angola (22; 17,361), Benin (7; 7930), Botswana (1, 164),

Burkina Faso (50; 40,446), Burundi (25; 14,742), Cameroon (9, 5642),

Central African Republic (58, 36,443), Chad (201, 124,096),

Congo (Kinshasa) (264, 227,390), Cote d’Ivoire (49, 24,233), Eritrea (3, 1969),

Ethiopia (233, 155,494), Gambia (8, 6769), Guinea (12, 9603),

Guinea-Bissau (13, 7216), Kenya (107, 71,475), Liberia (52, 31,230),

Madagascar (4, 3180), Malawi (16, 16,277), Mali (14, 10,968),

Mauritania (56, 36,432), Mozambique (11, 3867), Niger (38, 49,411),

Nigeria (107, 66,398), Rwanda (21, 13,534), Senegal (7, 8445),

Sierra Leone (58, 64,028), South Sudan (140, 96,959), Tanzania (7, 4903),

Togo (18, 11,976), Uganda (74, 48,503), Zambia (5, 2095), Zimbabwe (1, 700)

Eastern Mediterranean

7

Afghanistan (43, 48,878), Djibouti (7, 2516), Jordan (2, 802),

Pakistan (18, 14,200), Somalia (227, 237,498), Sudan (136, 109,099),

Yemen (2, 816)

European

3

Albania (1, 906), Macedonia (1, 865), Tajikistan (5, 4337)

The Americas

4

Bolivia (3, 1775), Guatemala (2, 625), Haiti (49, 39,764), Nicaragua (2, 1017)

South-East Asia

7

Bangladesh (26, 13,480), India (8, 5182), Indonesia (3, 1749),

Myanmar (22, 14,391), Nepal (12, 7650), Sri Lanka (3, 2586), Thailand (2, 1812)

Western Pacific

1

Philippines (12, 6220)