Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) Program – Malaria section
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The Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) Program is a long-standing initiative offering high-quality, comparable data on population and health worldwide.
The malaria section summarizes data collected through DHS surveys, covering the following Malaria Indicators:
- Household possession of mosquito nets
- Use of mosquito nets by children
- Use of mosquito nets by women
- Prophylactic use of antimalarial drugs and use of IPT by women during pregnancy
- Prevalence and prompt treatment of children with fever
- Type and timing of antimalarial drugs taken by children with fever
- Availability at home of antimalarial drugs taken by children with fever
The DHS program features an online Learning Hub and a collection of video tutorials.
It also provides a variety of online tools to help explore and analyze the data:
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