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Table 2 Key Parameters in LiST and Sources of Baseline Information
| Parameter | Source |
|---|---|
| Health Status Indicators | |
| Neonatal, infant and under five mortality rate | United Nations Estimates |
| Distribution of neonatal and post-neonatal deaths by cause | CHERG |
| Whether or not the population of interest is Vitamin A deficient and/or zinc deficient | CHERG |
| Percent of women exposed to falciparum | Guerra et al.[8] |
| Percent of newborns with IUGR | DHS, MICS, UNICEF, WHO |
| Percent of children severely wasted by age | DHS, MICS, WHO (http://www.who.int/nutgrowthdb/database/en) |
| Percent of children stunted by age | DHS, MICS, WHO (http://www.who.int/nutgrowthdb/database/en) |
| Incidence of diarrhoea by age | Boschi et al. [9] |
| Percent of pregnancies ending with spontaneous abortion | WHO |
| Percentage of the population living below the poverty line | Human Development Report, UNDP |
| Intervention Effectiveness | |
| Effectiveness of each intervention against each cause of death | CHERG |
| Affected fraction (fraction of deaths from a specific cause potentially addressed by each intervention) | CHERG |
| Effectiveness of nutrition-related interventions against IUGR, stunting, wasting and diarrhoea incidence | CHERG |
| Effectiveness of breastfeeding promotion on breastfeeding practices | CHERG |
| Coverage | |
| Current coverage of each intervention | DHS, MICS, UNICEF, WHO, JMP |
