| Author(s) |
Ministry of Health, National Malaria Control Division, Kampala, Uganda Uganda Bureau of Statistics, Kampala, Uganda The DHS Program, ICF, Rockville, Maryland, USA |
| Date |
Document, Report [doc/rep] |
| Country |
Uganda |
| Language |
English |
| Table of contents |
TABLES AND FIGURES ............................................................................................................................ v
FOREWORD ............................................................................................................................................... ix
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT ........................................................................................................................... xi
ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS ................................................................................................. xiii
READING AND UNDERSTANDING TABLES FROM THE 2018-19 UGANDA MALARIA
INDICATOR SURVEY (UMIS) .................................................................................................. xv
MAPS OF UGANDA .............................................................................................................................. xxiii
1 INTRODUCTION AND SURVEY METHODOLOGY .............................................................. 1
1.1 Survey Objectives ................................................................................................................ 1
1.2 Sample Design ..................................................................................................................... 1
1.3 Questionnaires ..................................................................................................................... 2
1.4 Anaemia and Malaria Testing .............................................................................................. 3
1.5 Training of Field Staff ......................................................................................................... 4
1.6 Fieldwork ............................................................................................................................. 5
1.7 Laboratory Testing .............................................................................................................. 5
1.8 Data Processing ................................................................................................................... 5
1.9 Ethical Consideration .......................................................................................................... 6
1.10 Community Mobilisation ..................................................................................................... 6
1.11 Response Rates .................................................................................................................... 6
2 CHARACTERISTICS OF HOUSEHOLDS AND WOMEN ...................................................... 7
2.1 Drinking Water Sources and Treatment .............................................................................. 7
2.2 Sanitation ............................................................................................................................. 8
2.3 Housing Characteristics ....................................................................................................... 8
2.4 Dwelling Characteristics ...................................................................................................... 9
2.5 Household Wealth ............................................................................................................... 9
2.6 Household Population and Composition ........................................................................... 10
2.7 Characteristics of Respondents .......................................................................................... 11
2.8 Educational Attainment of Women ................................................................................... 11
2.9 Literacy of Women ............................................................................................................ 12
3 MALARIA PREVENTION .......................................................................................................... 23
3.1 Ownership of Insecticide-Treated Nets ............................................................................. 24
3.2 Household Access and Use of ITNs .................................................................................. 26
3.3 Reasons Mosquito Nets Were Not Used ........................................................................... 28
3.4 Indoor Residual Spraying .................................................................................................. 28
3.5 Use of ITNs by Children and Pregnant Women ................................................................ 29
3.6 Malaria in Pregnancy ......................................................................................................... 31
4 MALARIA IN CHILDREN ......................................................................................................... 47
4.1 Care Seeking for Fever in Children ................................................................................... 47
4.2 Diagnostic Testing of Children with Fever ....................................................................... 48
4.3 Community Health Workers .............................................................................................. 49
4.4 Use of Recommended Antimalarials ................................................................................. 50
4.5 Prevalence of Low Haemoglobin in Children ................................................................... 50
4.6 Prevalence of Malaria in Children ..................................................................................... 52
5 MALARIA KNOWLEDGE, PRACTISE, EXPOSURE TO MESSAGES, AND BELIEFS .. 67
5.1 Knowledge of Causes of Malaria ...................................................................................... 67
5.2 Knowledge of Ways to Avoid Malaria .............................................................................. 68
5.3 Knowledge of Medicines Given to Avoid Getting Malaria During Pregnancy ................. 69
5.4 Ideal Timing of Treatment for Children With Fever ......................................................... 70
5.5 Malaria Knowledge and Behaviour ................................................................................... 70
5.6 Exposure to Malaria Messages .......................................................................................... 70
5.7 Opinions and Beliefs about Malaria .................................................................................. 72
REFERENCES ........................................................................................................................................... 81
Appendix A SAMPLE DESIGN .......................................................................................................... 83
A.1 Introduction ....................................................................................................................... 83
A.2 Sample Frame .................................................................................................................... 83
A.3 Sample Allocation and Sampling Procedures .................................................................... 85
A.4 Sample Probabilities and Sampling Weights ..................................................................... 86
Appendix B ESTIMATES OF SAMPLING ERRORS ..................................................................... 89
Appendix C DATA QUALITY TABLES ......................................................................................... 111
Appendix D PERSONS INVOLVED IN THE 2018-19 UGANDA MALARIA INDICATOR SURVEY ....115
Appendix E QUESTIONNAIRES ..................................................................................................... 121 |
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