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Malawi Standardized Monitoring and Assessment of Relief and Transitions Nutrition Survey Round 7 2020

General Info

Original or alternative title 
Malawi Round Seven SMART Nutrition Survey 2020
Provider 
ReliefWeb
Tabulations only
Geography 
Malawi (MWI)
Coverage type 
Country
Time period covered 
November, 2020 - December, 2020
Data type
Survey: Cross-sectional - Household
Summary 

The Malawi Round Seven Standardized Monitoring and Assessment of Relief and Transitions (SMART) Nutrition Survey 2020 is the seventh in a series of cross-sectional nutrition surveys commissioned by the Government of Malawi using the SMART methodology. The survey examines the nutrition status of children aged 6-59 months, adolescents aged 10-19 years, and pregnant and lactating women aged 20-49 years who live in flood and drought-prone areas.

The survey was conducted in 25 of Malawi's 28 districts: 1) Lake Chirwa-Phalombe Plains (Phalombe, Zomba and Machinga districts); 2) Lower Shire (Chikwawa and Nsanje districts), 3) Thyolo-Mulanje Tea Estates (Thyolo and Mulanje districts); 4) Rift Valley Escarpment (Balaka, Ntcheu, Mwanza, Neno, Salima and Nkhotakota districts); 5) Shire Highlands (Blantyre rural, Chiradzulu and Mangochi districts); 6) Kasungu-Lilongwe Plain (Lilongwe rural, Dedza, Mchinji, Dowa, and Kasungu); and 7) Karonga-Chitipa-Rumphi-Mzimba (Karonga, Chitipa, Rumphi, Mzimba districts).

Keywords 
Adolescents, Body mass index, Child anthropometry, Child mortality, Children, Diarrhea, Edema, Food industry, Hygiene, Malnutrition, Micronutrient supplements, Mortality, Obesity, Pregnancy, Prevalence, Sanitation, Water supply

Citation

Contributors 
Government of Malawi
United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)
World Food Programme (WFP)
Action Against Hunger (ACF)
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Funders 
United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)
World Food Programme (WFP)
Suggested citation 
Action Against Hunger (ACF), Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), Government of Malawi, United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), World Food Programme (WFP). Malawi Standardized Monitoring and Assessment of Relief and Transitions Nutrition Survey Round 7 2020.

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