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MMF & MAD - ACR indicator incorrect.

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https://github.com/WFP-VAM/RAMResourcesScripts/blob/353e1b7ef4637c4a4db8079019ad8228bab4c9d1/Indicators/Nutrition-MAD/nutMAD.sps#L123C1-L148C89

However, if you look below in the script it seems like the variable MDD_wfp is both labelled under ‘Minimum Dietary Diversity’, as well as ‘Minimum Meal Frequency (MMF)’, which renders both results identical. This of course resulted in the Minimum Meal Frequency (MMF) variable to be applied in analysis and this was likewise wrongly reported in the ACR. As far as I can see on the results and script, MAD actually uses the correct ‘MMF’ variable (variable called simply ‘MMF’), but the category in COMET outlining MMF relied on the faulty ‘Minimum Meal Frequency (MMF)’ i.e. MDD in disguise.

Not sure if there was any communication on the change, but somehow it hasn’t reached us. Flagging for your attention in case this hasn’t been mitigated yet and in case other COs may have accidentally reported the wrong MMF results.

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Start with Indicators/Nutrition-MAD/nutMAD.sps at lines 123-148 and compare the MDD_wfp and MMF variable labels and results. Check how the MMF category in COMET is sourced, then verify that Minimum Dietary Diversity and Minimum Meal Frequency remain distinct in the reported ACR output.

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analytics, data
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Bug
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Estimated time
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