Review Article
An Overview of the Malaria Control Programme in Zambia
Table 1
Benchmarking change in Zambia.
| Indicator | DHS 2001/2002 | MIS 2006 | DHS 2007 | MIS 2008 | MIS 2010 |
| Percentage of households with at least one insecticide-treated net (ITN) | 14 | 38 | 53 | 62 | 64 | Percentage of households with at least one ITN per sleeping space | N/A | N/A | N/A | 33 | 34 | Percentage of households receiving IRS in the previous 12 months among all households | N/A | 10 | N/A | 15 | 23 | Percentage of households covered by at least one ITN or recent IRS | N/A | 43 | N/A | 68 | 73 | Percentage of children ages 0–59 months who slept under an ITN the previous night | 7 | 24 | 29 | 41 | 50 | Percentage of pregnant women (PW) who slept under an ITN the previous night | 8 | 25 | 33 | 43 | 46 | Percentage of household members who slept under an ITN the previous night | N/A | 19 | N/A | 34 | 42 | Percentage of PW who took any preventive antimalarial drug during pregnancy | 36 | 85 | 87 | 88 | 89 | Percentage of PW who received 2 doses of intermittent preventive treatment during pregnancy | N/A | 59 | 66 | 66 | 70 | Percentage of children ages 0–59 months with severe anaemia (Hb < 8 g/dL) | N/A | 14 | N/A | 4 | 9 | Percentage of children ages 0–59 months with malaria parasitaemia | N/A | 22 | N/A | 10 | 16 | Percentage of women ages 15–49 years who recognize fever as a symptom of malaria | N/A | 65 | N/A | 71 | 75 | Percentage of women ages 15–49 years who reported mosquito bites as a cause of malaria | N/A | 80 | N/A | 85 | 85 | Percentage of women ages 15–49 years who reported mosquito nets as a prevention method | N/A | 78 | N/A | 81 | 82 |
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Source of data: DHS, MIS, and reports (2001 to 2010).
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