Malaria is a major public health problem in Ethiopia despite relatively low malaria prevalence compared to most other malaria-endemic countries in Africa. The EMIS 2015 was conducted to measure the progress toward achieving the goals and objectives of the National Strategic Plan for Malaria Prevention, Control, and Elimination implemented from 2011 to 2015. EMIS 2015 also assessed anemia prevalence in children under five years of age (U5), malaria knowledge among women, and indicators of socioeconomic status. The survey was based on a two-stage cluster sample of 13,875 households randomly selected from 555 enumeration areas (EAs) of Malaria areas in Ethiopia. Data was collected using a standard questionnaire and blood sample taken from all targeted populations between October and December 2015.
Sampled households contained 54,768 residents, including 7,897 children under five years of age (U5) and 11,463 women of child-bearing age. Blood samples were taken from all children U5 (with parents’ consent) in every household and from persons of all ages in every fourth household. Malaria parasite testing was done using multi-species CareStart™ rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) and microscopic examination of both thick and thin smeared blood slides. A hemoglobin level of children U5 was done using portable spectrophotometers (HemoCue Hb 201, Angelholm, Sweden). During the survey, 15,960 individuals had RDTs and 15,766 had blood slide examinations, and 7,897 children U5 had hemoglobin tests.
The EMIS 2015 results indicate that the majority of households own at least one LLIN (64 percent), and 32 percent own at least one LLIN for every two persons who stayed in the household the night before the survey. Sixty-four percent of households owned at least one LLIN in 2015 compared to 55 percent in 2011. IRS had been conducted in 29 percent of households in the 12 months preceding the survey. It was reported that 16 percent of children U5 had a fever in the two weeks preceding the survey.
Overall, malaria prevalence in Ethiopia is very low. Malaria parasite prevalence in areas <2,000m was 0.5 percent by microscopy blood-slide examination for all ages and 0.6 percent among children U5. Similarly, RDTs indicated the prevalence of infection to be 1.2 percent among all ages and 1.4 percent among children U5.

• Malaria
• Indoor Residual Spray
• Malaria Prevention
• Roll Back Malaria
• Malaria Intervention
• Blood Slide
• anemia
• cluster sample
• probability proportional to size (PPS)
• malaria rapid diagnostic tests
• blood smear
• malaria elimination
• long lasting insecticide treated net
• Malaria indicator survey
• Ethiopia

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This dataset is generated by the Ethiopian national malaria indicators survey conduct from October to December 2015 in Ethiopia with the aim of measuring the progress toward achieving the goals and objectives of the NSP 2011–2015. The dataset captures characteristics of households and women respondents (sex, age, wealth index, household composition such as rural, urban, household size, Source of drinking water, sanitation facilities, and source of electricity). The dataset also contains information on coverage, and use of the core malaria control interventions, including long-lasting insecticide-treated nets (LLINs), indoor residual spraying (IRS), diagnostic services, and anti-malarial medicines, on amentia test results of under-five children, and information on knowledge, attitude, and practices of malaria and methods for prevention and control collected from women of reproductive age (15–49 years) selected for this study. The dataset would help to compute national and regional level estimates and support to make informed-decision on National strategies plan of Malaria prevention, control, and elimination programs.

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