Percentage of eligible children age 6-59 months who were tested for anemia and for malaria.
Coverage:
Population base: Children age 6-59 months from interviewed households (PR file)
Time period: Current status at the time of the survey
Numerators:
1) Number of de facto children age 6-59 months tested for anemia (hv103 = 1 & hc1 in 6:59 & hv042 = 1 & hc55 = 0)
2) Number of de facto children age 6-59 months tested for malaria with an RDT (hv103 = 1 & hc1 in 6:59 & hv042 = 1 & hml35 in 0,1)
3) Number of de facto children age 6-59 months tested for malaria by microscopy (hv103 = 1 & hc1 in 6:59 & hv042 = 1 & hml32 in 0,1,6)
Denominator: Total number of de facto children age 6-59 months in households selected for hemoglobin and malaria testing (hv103 = 1 & hc1 in 6:59 & hv042 = 1)
Variables: PR file.
|
hv042 |
Household selected for hemoglobin |
|
hv103 |
Slept last night |
|
hc1 |
Child's age in months |
|
hc55 |
Result of measurement – hemoglobin |
|
hml32 |
Final result of malaria from blood smear test |
|
hml35 |
Result of malaria rapid test |
The coverage of testing for anemia and malaria indicators are produced unweighted as they reflect the coverage of the survey, not a population estimate.
Numerator divided by denominator, multiplied by 100.
Children who were not tested and those children whose values were not recorded are excluded from both the denominator and the numerators.
Prevalence estimates may be biased by the seasonality of survey data collection; survey fieldwork for DHS is most often done during the dry season, while fieldwork for Malaria Indicator Surveys (MIS) is typically conducted at the end of or just after the rainy season.
See References for this chapter.
DHS-8 Tabulation plan: Table 12.13
API Indicator IDs:
ML_CMLT_C_ANM, ML_CMLT_C_RDT, ML_CMLT_C_MSY