Malawi Malaria Indicator Survey 2017
General Info
Original or alternative title
Malawi MIS 2017
Coverage type
Country
Time period covered
April, 2017 - June, 2017
Series or system
Data type
Survey:
Cross-sectional - GPS coordinates (GIS) - Household - Individual - Interview - Nationally representative - Subnationally representative - Urban-rural representative
Summary
The Malawi Malaria Indicator Survey (MIS) 2017 is part of phase 7 of the Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) series. Malaria Indicator Surveys are designed to provide information on malaria prevalence, treatment, and prevention practices. For the 2017 Malawi MIS, 3,860 women ages 15-49 from 3,729 households were successfully interviewed. Blood tests were conducted for anemia, and malaria in children ages 6-59 months.
Keywords
Adult mortality, Agriculture, Analgesics, Anemia, Antenatal care, Antibiotics, Antimalarials, Assets, Blood tests, Breathing difficulty, Child health care, Child mortality, Children, Community health clinics, Complete birth history, Cooking fuels, Drug consumption, Education, Electricity, Employment, Ethnicity, Family composition, Family size, Fever, Health care access, Health education, Health literacy, Health promotion, Health status, Hemoglobin, Hospitals, Household air pollution, Housing conditions, Housing materials, Infant mortality, Insecticide-treated bednets, Jaundice, Land ownership, Languages, Literacy, Live births, Livestock, Malaria, Marital status, Mass media, Mortality, Multiple births, Personal health expenditures, Pharmacies, Pregnancy, Private health facilities, Public health facilities, Refrigeration, Religion, Sanitation, School enrollment, Seizures, Skilled birth attendants, Summary birth history, Symptoms, Telephones, Traditional medicine, Transportation, Vision loss, Water supply
Citation
Funders
Publisher
Publication year
2018
Suggested citation
ICF International, National Malaria Control Program (Malawi). Malawi Malaria Indicator Survey 2017. Fairfax, United States: ICF International, 2018.