The 2020 Kenya Malaria Indicator Survey (2020 KMIS) was a cross-sectional household-based survey with a nationally representative sample of conventional households. The survey targeted women age 15-49 and children age 6 months to age 14 living within conventional households in Kenya. All women age 15-49 who were usual members of the selected households or who spent the night before the survey in the selected households were eligible for individual interviews. In all sampled households, children age 6 months to age 14 were tested for anaemia and malaria.
The sample for the 2020 KMIS was designed to produce reliable estimates for key malaria indicators at the national level, for urban and rural areas separately, and for each of the five malaria endemic zones.
The 2020 KMIS was designed to provide information on the implementation of core malaria control interventions and serve as a follow-up to the previous malaria indicator surveys. The specific objectives of the 2020 KMIS were as follows:
- To measure the extent of ownership of, access to, and use of mosquito nets
- To assess coverage of intermittent preventive treatment of malaria during pregnancy
- To examine fever management among children under age 5
- To measure the prevalence of malaria and anaemia among children age 6 months to age 14
- To assess knowledge, attitudes, and practices regarding malaria control
- To determine the Plasmodium species most prevalent in Kenya