Table 1 Health interventions, Uganda DHS 2006, 2009 and 2011
Intervention | Description of the intervention |
|---|---|
Malaria | |
%H_IRS | Percentage of households sprayed with Indoor Residual Spraying (IRS) in the past 12 months |
%H_1ITN | Percentage of households with atleast one ITN |
%H_1ITN2 | Percentage of households with atleast one ITN for every two people |
%P_ITNA | Percentage of population with access to an ITN within their household (Percentage of the population that could sleep under an ITN, if each ITN in the household were used by up to two people) |
%P_ITNS | Percentage of the population in a household that slept under an ITN the previous night of the survey |
%P_ITN5 | Percentage of children under 5 years in a household who slept under an ITN the previous night of the survey |
%P_ITNU | Percentage of existing ITNs used by the population in a household the previous night of the survey |
WASH | |
Improved water | Percentage of households with improved source of drinking water |
Improved sanitation | Percentage of households using improved sanitation facilities |
P_wsoap | Percentage of households with soap or detergent and water at hand washing place |
Reproductive health | |
Family planning | Percentage of married women using any family planning method |
ANC provider | Percentage of pregnant mothers receiving ANC from a skilled provider |
4+ ANC visits | Percentage of pregnant women making four or more ANC visits during their entire pregnancy |
IPTp | Percentage of women who received intermittent preventive treatment for malaria during pregnancy |
Skilled delivery | Percentage of births that took place with the assistance of a skilled provider |
Postnatal care | Percentage of newborns receiving first postnatal checkup from a skilled provider within 2 days after delivery |
Breastfeeding | |
Within 1 h | Percentage of infants who started breastfeeding within 1 h of birth |
Exclusive | Percentage of infants exclusively breastfed during the first 6 months after birth |
Vaccinations | |
Tetanus toxoid | Percentage of last-born child fully protected against neonatal tetanus |
BCG | Percentage of children vaccinated against BCG |
DPT | Percentage of children with complete vaccination of DPT |
Polio | Percentage of children with complete vaccination of polio |
Measles | Percentage of children vaccinated against measles |
Micronutrients | |
VitaminA_sup | Percentage of children receiving vitamin A supplements in the past 6 months |
Iron_sup | Percentage of children receiving iron supplements in the past 7 days |
Iodized salt | Percentage of children living in households with iodized of salt |
Treatments | |
Antibiotics | Percentage of children with ARIs symptoms who took antibiotics |
ORS or RHF | Percentage of children with diarrhoea given fluid from oral rehydration solution (ORS) sachets or recommended home fluids (RHF) |
Zinc | Percentage of children with diarrhoea given zinc sulphates |
ACT | Percentage of children with fever during the 2 weeks prior to the survey and took artemisinin-combination therapy (ACT) |
Deworming | Percentage of children given deworming medication in the past 6 months |