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19Table 13 Feeding practicesFeeding practices Frequency PercentageExclusive breastfeeding 72 86.7%Mixed feeding (breast milk and weaning food) 11 13.3%Total 83 100%.VI.2.3. Risk to Mortality: Children’s MUACAs MUAC overestimates the level of under nutrition in children less than 1 year old, the analysis refers only tochildren having height equal to or greater than 75cm.Table 14 MUAC distributionCriteriaNutritional statusTotal75 to 90 cmheight90 to 115 cm heightN % N % N %=MUAC=MUAC=135 No malnutrition 383 53.6 112 40.0 271 62.4TOTAL 714 100 280 39.2 434 60.8According to the MUAC measurement, 0.7 % of the children are severely malnourished, and therefore, at highrisk of mortality, 7.0% are moderately malnourished and could easily slip into the severely malnourished group.38.7% are at risk to malnutrition..VI.3. Measles Vaccination CoverageMeasles vaccination is administered from the age of 9 months. Children 9-59 months of age were included inthe analysis. A total of 844 children were included in the analysis.Table 15 Measles vaccination coverageMeasles vaccination N %Proved by Card 273 32.3According to the mother/caretaker 344 40.8Not immunized 227 26.9Total 844 100Only 32.3% of the children were vaccinated against measles as proved by the card, and 40.8% were vaccinatedaccording to the mothers or caretakers. By then, at least 26.9% of the children were not immunized.