Table 2 Definitions of outcome indicators

Assessments

Proportion of sick children assessed for cough/pneumonia

[Sick children assessed for cough through counting respiratory rate in 1 min divided by all sick children reported to have a cough by their caregiver or parent] multiplied by 100

Proportion of sick children assessed for dehydration/diarrhoea

[Sick children assessed for dehydration by pinching and checking whether abdomen of skin goes back slowly or very slowly divided by all sick children reported to have diarrhoea by their caregiver or parent] multiplied by 100

Proportion of sick children assessed for acute malnutrition using mid-upper arm circumference tape

[Sick children 6–59 months assessed for acute malnutrition using mid-upper arm circumference tape divided by all sick children 6–59 months old reported to have an illness by their caregiver or parent] multiplied by 100

Classification

Proportion of sick children with appropriate classification of pneumonia

[Sick children appropriately classified for pneumonia divided by all children labelled with fast breathing and normal breathing] multiplied by 100

Proportion of sick children with appropriate classification of acute malnutrition

[Sick children classified as having acute malnutrition divided by all children with mid-upper arm circumference tape measurements < 11.9 cm] multiplied by 100

Treatment

Proportion of sick children appropriately treated with antibiotics for pneumonia

[Sick children appropriately treated with antibiotics (correct dose, frequency and duration) divided by all children classified with pneumonia] multiplied by 100

Proportion of sick children appropriately treated for dehydration/diarrhoea

[Sick children appropriately treated with ORS and Zinc (correct dose, frequency and duration) divided by all children classified as having diarrhoea with dehydration] multiplied by 100

Proportion of sick children appropriately treated with ready-to-use therapeutic food

[Sick children appropriately treated with ready-to-use therapeutic food (correct dose, frequency and duration) divided by all children classified with acute malnutrition] multiplied by 100