Rwanda Malaria Indicator Survey 2017
General Info
Original or alternative title
RMIS 2017
Coverage type
Country
Time period covered
October, 2017 - December, 2017
Series or system
Data type
Survey:
Cross-sectional - De facto - Household - Individual - Interview - Subnationally representative - Urban-rural representative
Summary
The Rwanda 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 Rwanda MIS, 5,022 women ages 15-49 were successfully interviewed from 5,041 households. Malaria testing was conducted from finger- or heal-prick blood samples for survey respondents 6 months and over.
Keywords
Agriculture, Analgesics, Antenatal care, Antibiotics, Antimalarials, Assets, Blood tests, Breathing difficulty, Child health care, Children, Community health clinics, Complete birth history, Cooking fuels, Drug consumption, Education, Electricity, Family composition, Family size, Fever, Health care access, Health facilities, Health insurance, Health literacy, Health promotion, Health status, Hospitals, Household air pollution, Housing conditions, Housing materials, Insecticide-treated bednets, Jaundice, Land ownership, Literacy, Live births, Livestock, Living conditions, Malaria, Marital status, Mass media, Multiple births, Pharmacies, Poverty, Pregnancy, Private health facilities, Public health facilities, Refrigeration, Religion, Sanitation, Seizures, Skilled birth attendants, Summary birth history, Symptoms, Telephones, Transplants, Vision loss, Water supply
Citation
Funders
Publisher
Publication year
2018
Suggested citation
ICF International, Ministry of Health (Rwanda), Rwanda Biomedical Center (RBC). Rwanda Malaria Indicator Survey 2017. Fairfax, United States of America: ICF International, 2018.