Nutritional status Male Female Total N (309) % N(284) % N(593) % Underweight (WAZ) 109 35.30% 89 31.30% 198 33.40% Moderate 62 20.10% 55 19.40% 117 19.70% Severe 47 15.20% 34 12.00% 81 13.70% Wasting   (WHZ) 85 27.50% 61 21.50% 146 24.60% Moderate 49 15.90% 37 13.00% 86 14.50% Sever 36 11.70% 24 8.50% 60 10.10%

Table 5: Prevalence of acute malnutrition and its degree of severity by sex among children aged 6-59 months in Mai-Aini Eritrean refugees’ camp, Tigray region, Northern Ethiopia (N=593), February 2014