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Table 1 Key household surveys indicators used for this evaluation [15]

From: Associating the scale-up of insecticide-treated nets and use with the decline in all-cause child mortality in the Democratic Republic of Congo from 2005 to 2014

Indicator

Definition

Vector control indicators

 ITNs

Proportion of households with at least one ITN

Proportion of households with at least one ITN for every two people

Proportion of children under 5 years old who slept under an ITN the previous night

Case management indicators

 Early access to diagnosis and effective treatment

Proportion of children under 5 years old with fever in last 2 weeks who had a finger or heel stick

Proportion receiving first-line treatment, among children under 5 years old with fever in the last 2 weeks

Impact indicators

 Morbidity

Proportion of children aged 6–59 months with a haemoglobin measurement of < 8 g/dl

 Mortality

All-cause mortality in children under five (5q0)