HAITI- Nutrition Cluster: Assessment of malnutrition screening ( As of 06 April 2011) Peaks in Severe Acute Malnutrition (SAM) rates, two to four times higher than the national value, have been Departement : OUEST reported by the Nutrition Cluster in Cité Soleil, Croix des Bouquets and Grand Goave in the West department, as well as in Jacmel, Bainet and Belle Anse in the South-East department. In the first quarter of Carrefour Gressier Delmas 2011, screening programs of 97, 467 children in the 31 communes of four departments found that the national prevalence rate for SAM was 0, 9 per cent and 7,8 per cent for Moderate Acute Malnutrition (MAM). Grand Some of these figures are higher than expected, and may indicate a worsening of the nutritional status as a Cite soleil Leogane consequence of protracted vulnerability and food insecurity exacerbated by the recent increase in food Goave prices, according to the Nutrition Cluster. Croix de Petion Petit Bouquet Ville Goave MUAC green => 124.9 mm MUAC yellow => 115-124.9 mm Port au Prince Tabarre Nutrition assessment area MUAC red => <115 mm Departement : SUD Arniquet Maniche Chantal Area of intervention Camp Perrin St Jean du Sud Cayes Torbeck Departement : SUD-EST Grand Anse a Pitre Gosier Bainet Belle Anse Marigot Jacmel #Child with MUAC red= 6 #Child with MUAC red= 53 # Total Child= 183 # Total Child= 1791 Oedemea= 0 Cite Soleil Cotes des Fer Oedemea= 12 Tabarre Thiotte Delmas Port-au-Prince #Child with MUAC red= 2 Gressier Petion-Ville # Total Child= 112 Petite Riviere de Nippes Carrefour Plaisance du Sud Leogane Oedemea= 0 Departement : NIPPES Maniche Fond Des Negres Petit-Goave Miragoane Croix-des-Bouquets Camp Perrin Grand-Goâve Fond-des-Nègres Pt-Riviere Jacmel Chantal Marigot Belle Anse Torbeck Les Cayes Grand Gosier Cotes-de-Fer Bainet Thiotte Arniquet Anse-a-Pitre Miragoane (blank) #Child with MUAC red= 2 #Child with MUAC red= 21 #Child with MUAC red= 255 # Total Child= 59 St. Jean du Sud # Total Child= 965 # Total Child= 13035 Oedemea= 0 Oedemea= 5 Oedemea= 6 Source: Cluster Nutrition, screening activities Plaisance.