Childinfo.org: Statistics by Area - Malaria

Last update: Feb 2013

Statistical tables

Intervention	Indicator description
Prevention
Vector control via ITNs and IRS	Proportion of households with at least one insecticide treated mosquito net (ITN) Proportion of households with at least 1 ITN and/or sprayed with indoor residual spray (IRS) in the last 12 months Proportion of children under five years old who slept under an ITN the previous night Malaria in Pregnancy Proportion of pregnant women who slept under an ITN the previous night
Intermittent preventive treatment	Malaria in Pregnancy Proportion of women who received intermittent preventive treatment for malaria during antenatal care visits during their last pregnancy
Case management
Diagnosis	Proportion of children under five years old with fever in the last two weeks who had a finger or heel stick for malaria testing
Treatment*	Proportion of children under five years old with fever receiving anti-malarial medicines* Proportion of children under five years old with fever receiving anti-malarial medicines by drug type Proportion receiving any ACT (or other first-line treatment), among children under five years old with fever in the last two weeks who received any antimalarial drugs

*The previously recommended indicator for treatment the RBM MERG ‘Proportion of children under five years old with fever receiving anti-malarial medicines’ is no longer recommended by the group. This indicator should be interpreted with caution because it refers to antimalarial treatment among all febrile children, rather than among confirmed malaria cases. Lower levels of coverage may indicate that antimalarials are being provided only to confirmed malaria cases. However, this may also indicate that children who are ill with malaria are not receiving needed treatment. In 2010 the World Health Organization started recommending universal use of diagnostic testing to confirm malaria infection and apply appropriate treatment based on the results. According to the new guidelines, treatment solely on the basis of clinical suspicion should only be considered when a parasitological diagnosis is not accessible.