[procaare] Angola Malaria Indicator Survey - new DHS publications

["Megan D. Meline" <Megan.D.Meline@macrointernational.com>]

Angola Malaria Indicator Survey -  new DHS publications 
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New from MEASURE DHS - April 2008

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1. The 2006-07 Angola Malaria Indicator Survey (AMIS) is the first
survey in Angola designed to collect nationally representative
information on malaria-specific indicators, as part of the MEASURE DHS
project. The objectives of the AMIS were to assess household ownership
of mosquito nets and their use by children under five and pregnant
women; to assess the coverage and timing of indoor residual spraying
(IRS); to estimate the prevalence of anemia, malaria, and fever (and the
type and timing of treatment) among children under age five, women of
reproductive age, and pregnant women; and to assess the use of
intermittent preventive treatment (IPT) for malaria among pregnant
women. In addition, the survey included questions to assess who attended
a woman's last delivery and where that delivery took place. To download
a free copy of report, go to
http://www.measuredhs.com/pubs/pub_details.cfm?id=743&srchTp=home.  The
final report is also available in Portuguese,
http://www.measuredhs.com/pubs/pub_details.cfm?id=744&srchTp=home.

2. Across the developing world, women's knowledge of modern family
planning methods is high, and use of modern methods is increasing,
according to a new report analyzing data from the Demographic and Health
Surveys (DHS). Contraceptive Trends in Developing Countries reviews
recent survey results from 35 countries in Asia, Africa, Latin America,
and Eastern Europe. The report's findings verify that investments in
family planning programs over the past decades have paid off and
continue to help women and their families around the world. To download
a free copy of the report, go to
http://www.measuredhs.com/pubs/pub_details.cfm?id=736. 

3. Ethiopia has made remarkable progress in childhood vaccination
coverage in the last five years. Despite the progress,  four in five
children are not fully vaccinated against the six major causes of
childhood deaths and one in eight children dies before their fifth
birthday. Children in Ethiopia are least likely to be fully vaccinated
when compared with children in Rwanda, Uganda, Eritrea, Tanzania, and
Kenya. Data from the 2005 EDHS provide the current health and
nutritional status of children in Ethiopia, and, together with data from
the 2000 EDHS, trace changes over the last five years. The discussion
focuses on several areas of importance: nutritional status of children;
vaccination coverage; the prevalence and treatment of fever; acute
respiratory infection (ARI) and diarrhoea; and childhood mortality. To
download a free copy of Children's Health and Nutritional Status: A new
look at data from the 2005 Ethiopia Demographic and Health Survey
(English), go to
http://www.measuredhs.com/pubs/pub_details.cfm?id=740&srchTp=home.

4. In Ethiopia, the most educated women (those with secondary or higher
education) usually are in the best health. However, only 12 percent of
women have received this level of education. Using data collected in the
2005 EDHS, this booklet provides an overview of education and literacy
in Ethiopia, and then presents the major demographic and health
indicators by the educational levels of the respondents, or, in the case
of children's health, by the educational level of the mother. This
analysis does not control for the confounding effects of urbanity,
wealth, culture, or other related variables requiring more sophisticated
statistical techniques, which is beyond the scope of this report. To
download a free copy of The Impact of Education on Health Reforms: A new
look at data from the 2005 Ethiopia Demographic and Health Survey
(English),  go to
http://www.measuredhs.com/pubs/pub_details.cfm?id=741&srchTp=home.

5. Fertility continues to be relatively high in Ethiopia, with women
having an average of 5.4 children during their lifetime. This is, in
part, because women continue to marry and give birth at a young age,
have polygynous unions, and have their children close together. Yet more
than three-quarters of married women report that they either want no
more children or want to wait at least two years before their next
birth. Despite high knowledge of family planning, currently only 15
percent of married women are using any contraceptive method. This
booklet extracts and summarizes the major findings from the Ethiopian
Demographic and Health Survey (EDHS) 2005 on current fertility, use and
knowledge of family planning, and family planning preferences among
Ethiopian men and women. To download a free copy of Fertility and Family
Planning in Ethiopia: A new look at data from the 2005 Ethiopia
Demographic and Health Survey (English), go to
http://www.measuredhs.com/pubs/pub_details.cfm?id=742&srchTp=home.

 

 

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Megan D. Meline, MPH

Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS)

11785 Beltsville Drive, Calverton, MD 20705

301-572-0931 (ph); 301-572-0993 (fax)

megan.d.meline@macrointernational.com

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