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Rwanda Malaria Indicator Survey 2017

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General Info
Original or alternative title 
RMIS 2017
Provider 
Demographic and Health Surveys Program (DHS)
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Geography 
Rwanda (RWA)
Coverage type 
Country
Time period covered 
10/2017 - 12/2017
Series or system 
DHS Malaria Indicator Survey (MIS)
DHS Program Surveys
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
GHDx Entry last modified on: Aug 6, 2021