Screening Quality

The indicator measures the proportion of children who were (based on low MUAC or oedema during screening) referred to a health facility for treatment and were (based on re-assessed low MUAC and oedema) admitted for treatment. It indicates the quality of screening, and alerts to the risk of high denial rate for the mothers (if they are referred and denied admission, they might not come back for a second referral or discredit the program to others.

Determine the indicator's value by using the following methodology:

1) Define the reference period (for example, three months starting from 1^st April until 30^th June).

2) Ensure that your program’s monitoring system at the health facility level records two types of information:

     > number of children who arrived to the health facility after being referred based on conducted screening (for example, have a referral slip provided by the health worker/ volunteer who conducted screening)

     > number of children who arrived to the health facility after being referred by a health worker/volunteer and who were admitted for treatment (based on re-assessing their MUAC and oedema)

3) To calculate the indicator’s value, divide the number of referred children who were admitted for treatment by the number of children who arrived at the health facility after being referred. Multiply the result by 100 to convert it to a percentage.

Disaggregate the data by a health facility and gender.