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Malawi Malaria Indicator Survey 2017

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General Info
Original or alternative title 
Malawi MIS 2017
Provider 
Demographic and Health Surveys Program (DHS)
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Geography 
Malawi (MWI)
Coverage type 
Country
Time period covered 
04/2017 - 06/2017
Series or system 
DHS Malaria Indicator Survey (MIS)
DHS Program Surveys
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
GHDx Entry last modified on: Sep 6, 2023