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Malaria Indicator Survey 2017

Malawi, 2017
MEASURE DHS: Demographic and Health Surveys
National Malaria Control Programme (NMCP)
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Download the questionnaires, technical documents and reports that describe the survey process and the key results for this study.
Questionnaires
2017 Malawi Malaria Indicator Survey, Household Questionnaire
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authors Ministry of Health, National Malaria Control Programme
Date 2017-04-13
Country Malawi
language English
Download https://microdata.worldbank.org/index.php/catalog/3004/download/41942
2017 Malawi Malaria Indicator Survey, Woman's Questionnaire
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authors Ministry of Health, National Malaria Control Programme
Date 2017-04-13
Country Malawi
language English
Download https://microdata.worldbank.org/index.php/catalog/3004/download/41943
2017 Malawi Malaria Indicator Survey, Biomarker Questionnaire
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authors Ministry of Health, National Malaria Control Programme
Date 2017-04-13
Country Malawi
language English
Download https://microdata.worldbank.org/index.php/catalog/3004/download/41944
2017 Malawi Malaria Indicator Survey, Fieldworker Questionnaire
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authors Ministry of Health, National Malaria Control Programme
Date 2017-04-12
Country Malawi
language English
Download https://microdata.worldbank.org/index.php/catalog/3004/download/41945
Reports
Malawi Malaria Indicator Survey 2017, Report
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authors Ministry of Health, National Malaria Control Programme, Lilongwe, Malawi The DHS Program, ICF International, Rockville, Maryland, U.S.A.
Date 2018-01-01
Country Malawi
language English
Description This report presents the findings of the 2014 Malawi Malaria Indicator Survey (2014 MMIS) conducted by the National Malaria Control Programme (NMCP) of the Ministry of Health from 2 May through 10 June 2014.
Table of contents TABLES AND FIGURES ............................................................................................................................ v
PREFACE ................................................................................................................................................... vii
ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS .................................................................................................... ix
READING AND UNDERSTANDING TABLES FROM THE 2017 MALAWI MALARIA
INDICATOR SURVEY (MMIS) .................................................................................................. xi
MAP OF MALAWI ................................................................................................................................ xviii

1 INTRODUCTION AND SURVEY METHODOLOGY .............................................................. 1
1.1 Survey Objectives ................................................................................................................ 1
1.2 Sample Design ..................................................................................................................... 1
1.3 Questionnaires ..................................................................................................................... 1
1.4 Anaemia and Malaria Testing .............................................................................................. 2
1.5 Training of Field Staff ......................................................................................................... 4
1.6 Fieldwork ............................................................................................................................. 4
1.7 Data Processing ................................................................................................................... 4
1.8 Response Rates .................................................................................................................... 5

2 CHARACTERISTICS OF HOUSEHOLDS AND WOMEN ...................................................... 7
2.1 Drinking Water Sources and Treatment .............................................................................. 7
2.2 Sanitation ............................................................................................................................. 8
2.3 Housing Characteristics ....................................................................................................... 9
2.4 Household Wealth ............................................................................................................. 10
2.5 Household Population and Composition ........................................................................... 10
2.6 Background Characteristics of Women Respondents ........................................................ 11
2.7 Educational Attainment of Women ................................................................................... 11
2.8 Literacy of Women ............................................................................................................ 12

3 MALARIA PREVENTION .......................................................................................................... 21
3.1 Ownership of Insecticide-Treated Nets ............................................................................. 22
3.2 Household Access and Use of ITNs .................................................................................. 24
3.3 Use of ITNs by Children and Pregnant Women ................................................................ 25
3.4 Malaria in Pregnancy ......................................................................................................... 27
3.5 Mosquito Net Preference ................................................................................................... 28

4 MALARIA IN CHILDREN ......................................................................................................... 39
4.1 Care Seeking for Fever in Children ................................................................................... 39
4.2 Diagnostic Testing of Children with Fever ....................................................................... 40
4.3 Use of Recommended Antimalarials ................................................................................. 41
4.4 Prevalence of Low Haemoglobin in Children ................................................................... 41
4.5 Prevalence of Malaria in Children ..................................................................................... 42

5 MALARIA KNOWLEDGE AND MESSAGING ...................................................................... 51
5.1 Women’s Knowledge of Causes, Symptoms, and Prevention ........................................... 51
5.2 Exposure to Malaria Messages .......................................................................................... 52
5.3 Mosquito Net Misuse......................................................................................................... 53

REFERENCES............................................................................................................................................ 59
APPENDIX A SAMPLE DESIGN ........................................................................................................... 61
A.1 Introduction ....................................................................................................................... 61
A.2 Sample Frame .................................................................................................................... 61
A.3 Sample Design and Implementation .................................................................................. 62
A.4 Sample Probabilities and Sampling Weights ..................................................................... 63
A.5 Survey Implementation...................................................................................................... 64

APPENDIX B ESTIMATES OF SAMPLING ERRORS ...................................................................... 67

APPENDIX C DATA QUALITY TABLES ............................................................................................ 73

APPENDIX D PERSONS INVOLVED IN THE 2017 MALAWI MALARIA INDICATOR SURVEY ...... 75

APPENDIX E QUESTIONNAIRES ........................................................................................................ 79
Household Questionnaire ................................................................................................................ 81
Biomarker Questionnaire ................................................................................................................ 95
Woman’s Questionnaire ................................................................................................................ 105
Fieldworker Questionnaire ............................................................................................................ 123
Download https://dhsprogram.com/pubs/pdf/MIS28/MIS28.pdf
Fast Facts from The 2017 Malawi Malaria Indicator Survey
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authors The DHS Program
Date 2018-01-01
Country Malawi
language English
Download https://dhsprogram.com/pubs/pdf/DM127/DM127.pdf
2017 Malaria Indicator Survey, Fact Sheet
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authors The DHS Program
Date 2018-01-01
Country Malawi
language English
Download https://dhsprogram.com/pubs/pdf/GF40/GF40.pdf
Survey Presentations
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authors The DHS Program
Date 2018-01-01
Country Malawi
language English
Download https://dhsprogram.com/pubs/pdf/PPT61/PPT61.zip
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