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Sierra Leone Malaria Indicator Survey 2016

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General Info
Original or alternative title 
2016 SLMIS
Provider 
Demographic and Health Surveys Program (DHS)
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Geography 
Sierra Leone (SLE)
Coverage type 
Country
Time period covered 
07/2016 - 08/2016
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 Sierra Leone Malaria Indicator Survey (MIS) 2016 is part of phase 7 of the Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) program. MIS surveys are designed to provide information on the prevalence of malaria in children and the knowledge and practice of malaria prevention. The 2016 Sierra Leone MIS survey design incorporated the data collection guidelines set forth by the Roll Back Malaria Monitoring and Evaluation Working Group (RBM-MERG). For the 2016 Sierra Leone MIS, 8,501 women ages 15-49 from 6,719 households were successfully interviewed. Additionally, blood smear parasitemia and finger/heal prick rapid diagnostic blood tests were conducted for the presence of anemia and malaria in children under 5.

Keywords 
Agriculture, Analgesics, Anemia, Antenatal care, Antibiotics, Antimalarials, Assets, Blood tests, Breathing difficulty, Child health care, Children, Community health clinics, Cooking fuels, Drug consumption, Education, Electricity, Ethnicity, Family composition, Fever, Health care access, Health literacy, Health promotion, Health status, Hemoglobin, Hospitals, Household air pollution, Housing conditions, Housing materials, Indoor residual spraying, Insecticide-treated bednets, Jaundice, Land ownership, Literacy, Live births, Livestock, Malaria, Mass media, Multiple births, Nonprofits, Pharmacies, Pregnancy, Private health facilities, Public health facilities, Refrigeration, Religion, Sanitation, Seizures, Skilled birth attendants, Summary birth history, Symptoms, Telephones, Traditional medicine, Transportation, Vision loss, Water supply, Complete birth history
GHDx Entry last modified on: Sep 6, 2023