Training materials
The following set of materials are intended to train individuals participating in a national household survey to measure progress in malaria prevention and control services. Initially created to facilitate the implementation of the Zambia National Malaria Indicator Survey 2010, these materials can be adapted to fit a variety of needs in different geographical areas. Included in the set are manuals for using personal digital assistants and global positioning systems for interviewers, guides and protocol for using various malaria and anaemia testing methods, training materials on optimal techniques for interviewing members of a survey household, strategies to resolve supervisor and administrative issues, treatment protocols, and more.
- National Malaria Indicator Survey Training Manual
- Title page
- Table of contents
- MIS training schedule (Excel)
- Survey participation contract
- Administrative manual
- MIS 2010 Introduction (PowerPoint)
- MIS 2008 summary of results (PowerPoint)
- MIS 2008 sampling procedures (PowerPoint)
- MIS 2010 questionnaires (PowerPoint)
- Interviewing techniques
- Supervisor training
- Ethical issues and treatment policies
- Treatment protocol
- Coartem D treatment protocol
- Laboratory protocol
- Unique IDs and labeling
- Administrative issues
- Backing up data on PDAs
- Consent document for the household survey
- Household questionnaire
- Interviewer's manual
- Standard operating manual for malaria and anaemia laboratory testing and treatment
- PDA field manual for data collectors
- PDA and GPS troubleshooting guide
- GPS field manual for data collectors
- Field equipment list
- MIS 2010 sample (Excel)
- Malaria microscopy quality assurance slide re-checking register
- Letter from the Permanent Secretary 1
- Letter from the Permanent Secretary 2
- Literacy assessment card
- Supervisor daily progress sheet
- Medical referral form