Malawi Service Provision Assessment 2013-2014
General Info
Coverage type
Country
Time period covered
June, 2013 - February, 2014
Series or system
Data type
Survey:
Cross-sectional - Discharge - GPS coordinates (GIS) - Health facility - Individual - Interview - Nationally representative - Subnationally representative
Summary
The Malawi Service Provision Assessment (SPA) 2013-2014 is part of phase 6 of the Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) series. The Malawi 2013-2014 SPA provides national and sub-national level data on the quality and availability of services from the 977 functioning health facilities in Malawi. Targeted areas of assessment were facility infrastructure and resources and services for child health, family planning, maternal health, STI, HIV/AIDS, and tuberculosis. Data was obtained through interviews with health care providers and clients, and observations of provider and client interactions.
Keywords
Ambulances, Antenatal care, Antimalarials, Beds, Birth control pills, Blood supply, Caesarean section, Child health care, Community action, Community health workers, Condoms, Contraceptive implants, Contraceptives, DOTs, Data collection, Diagnostic equipment, Diarrhea, Diarrheal diseases, Drug consumption, Drug supply, Education, Electricity, Emergency care, Emergency contraception, Family planning, Fever, General surgery, Gynecological equipment, Health care access, Health care economics, Health care personnel, Health care use, Health education, Health facilities, Health facility conditions, Health literacy, Health resources, Health status, Hepatitis B vaccines, Hospitals, Hygiene, IUDs, Imaging equipment, Immunization, Injectable contraceptives, Injections, Internet, Iron supplements, Lab personnel, Laboratories, Laboratory equipment, Literacy, Maternal care, Medical equipment, Mobility aids, Needles, Nonprofits, Nurses, Obstetrical equipment, Occupations, Outpatient facilities, PMTCT, Patient counts, Personal health expenditures, Pharmacies, Pharmacists, Physicians, Postpartum amenorrhea, Pregnancy, Preventive interventions, Private health facilities, Public health facilities, Refrigeration, Sanitation, School enrollment, Seizures, Sexual abstinence, Sexual sterilization, Skilled birth attendants, Surgical equipment, Telephones, Traditional healers, Ultrasound, Upper respiratory infections, VCT, Vomiting, Waste disposal, Water supply, X-rays
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Publisher
Suggested citation
ICF International, Measure DHS, Ministry of Health (Malawi). Malawi Service Provision Assessment 2013-2014. Fairfax, United States: ICF International.