WAJIR SMART SURVEY 2023

Kenya

Ministry of Health

Identification

Survey ID Number

DDI-KEN-MOH-SMS-WRJ-2023-V001

Title

WAJIR SMART SURVEY 2023

Country

Name
Kenya

Abstract

The global acute malnutrition (GAM) prevalence by WHZ was at 14.95 % whereas severe acute malnutrition (SAM) prevalence was at 2.5%. This is classified as high according to WHO wasting classification of 2017. GAM by MUAC was at 4.4% of those severe by MUAC were 0.7%. 38.8% of children were reported to be ill within 2 weeks prior to survey and majority of complained of having acute respiratory infection/cough (76.7%), fever (32.7%) and Watery diarrhea at 24.10%. Sanitation remain still sub-optimal across the county with only 16.5% of the households treating their water before drinking, 44.2% using soap and water for handwashing and majority (49.65%) of the households have relieving points and practice open defecation.

Unit of Analysis

Household/Individuals

Version

Version Description

Version: V001

Scope

Topics

Topic
Nutrition

Keywords

Keyword
Smart survey

Coverage

Geographic Coverage

Country

Universe

County

Producers and sponsors

Primary investigators

Name
Ministry of Health

Producers

Name
Ministry of Health

Funding Agency/Sponsor

Name
Ministry of Health and Partners

Sampling

Sampling Procedure

Two stage cluster sampling based probability proportional to Population size (PPS)

Weighting

No weights

Data Collection

Data Collection Mode

Face to Face

Metadata production

DDI Document ID

DDI-KEN-MOH-SMS-WRJ-2023-V001

Producers

Name
Ministry of Health