Exercise 3

Check the table

A colleague has consolidated nutrition data from three field offices into a summary table. You have the original source documents below. Check each highlighted cell in the table against the sources.

Source A — Email from Assosa field office

August figures: 847 children screened, 312 new OTP admissions, recovery rate 89%, mortality rate 0.3%. We distributed 450 cartons of RUTF.

Source B — WhatsApp from Semera (Afar)

Quick update for August. We screened 623 children. 178 new OTP admissions. Still waiting for recovery data from the health posts, will send next week. RUTF stock: 280 cartons received, 195 distributed.

Source C — Monthly report from Dessie (Amhara)

Nutrition screening August 2026: 531 children screened across 3 health posts. New OTP admissions: 201. Recovery rate: 91%. No deaths reported. RUTF distributed: 320 cartons.

Consolidated table

Zone	Screened	OTP admissions	Recovery	Mortality	RUTF distributed
Assosa	847	312	89%	0.3%	450
Semera	623	178	85%	0.1%	195
Dessie	513	201	91%	0%	320
Total	1,983	691	88%	0.1%	965

For each highlighted cell, is it correct?

1 Assosa — 312 OTP admissions

Correct
Wrong number
Not in any source

2 Semera — Recovery rate 85%

Correct
Wrong number
Not in any source

3 Semera — Mortality 0.1%

Correct
Wrong number
Not in any source

4 Dessie — 513 children screened

Correct
Wrong number
Not in any source

5 Total — 1,983 children screened

Correct
Wrong number
Not in any source

6 Total — Recovery rate 88%

Correct
Wrong number
Not in any source