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Table 2 Comparison of treatment outcome with SPHERE standard indictors

From: Time to recovery and its predictors among children 6–59 months with acute malnutrition admitted to community inpatient therapeutic feeding centers in Katsina State, Northwest Nigeria: a retrospective review of health records (2010–2016)

Discharge outcome

Result

SPHERE Standards

Transfer to OTP

86%

> 75%

Death

4%

< 10%

Defaulter

4%

< 15%

Average Length of stay

6.64 days

< 30 days

Weight gain (g/kg/day)

6.8 g/kg/day

≥ 8 g/kg/day