Government of National Unity

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Government of National Unity Government of
Southern Sudan
Sudan Household Health Survey (SHHS)
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Sudan Household Health Survey
Key Features

• Represents the first collection of data relating
  to key social sectors -- health, nutrition, water
  and sanitation, basic education, food security,
  child protection - for the Sudan as a whole since
  the 1980s.
• One of the first projects jointly implemented by
  the GoNU and GoSS following the Comprehensive
  Peace Agreement (CPA).
  
• Modeled on the Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey
  (MICS) developed by UNICEF and the Pan Arab
  Project for family Health (PAPFAM) designed by
  the Arab League.

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Objectives
Sudan Household Health Survey

• To generate national and state-level data on key
  social development indicators, including key
  indicators that will monitor the progress towards
  MDGs.
• To provide up-to-date information for assessing
  the situation of children and women in Sudan.
  
• To contribute to the improvement of data and
  monitoring systems, and to strengthen technical
  expertise in the design, implementation, and
  analysis of such systems
• To develop national and state-level capacity for
  the organization of large-scale surveys,
  including the upcoming census.
  

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Sampling
Sudan Household Health Survey

• The design involves a three stage cluster sample
• 25 states of the country
• The survey covered 40 segments from the primary
  sampling units, the quarters and villages in each
  of the 25 states and 25 households per cluster
  
• 25,000 households in all of Sudan were targeted
  by the survey.

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SHHS Coverage

• 24527 Households (HH) with 98.1 response rate
• 32599 eligible women with a response rate of
  82.6
  
• 22512 eligible children with a response rate of
  88.3
  
• Data collection covered all clusters within the
  25 states with the exception of two which are
  partially covered (80-90) due to security
  reasons. Of the total clusters selected, about 15
  clusters were substituted due to security
  problems.

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Questionnaires
Sudan Household Health Survey

• The SHHS involved a unified questionnaire with
  some Region specific modules.
  
• Five questionnaires
• Household Questionnaire
• Womens Questionnaire (for women aged 15-49)
• Childrens Questionnaire (for children under the
  age of 5 questions addressed to the mother or
  primary caretaker of the child)
  
• Household Food Security Questionnaire
• Community Food Security Questionnaire

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Household questionnaire
Sudan Household Health Survey

• Household Information Panel
• Household Listing
• Education
• Prevalence of chronic diseases (North)
• FGM (North)
• Water and Sanitation
• Household Characteristics
• Insecticide Treated Nets
• Salt Iodization
• Maternal Mortality

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Womens questionnaire
Sudan Household Health Survey

• Womens Information Panel
• Marriage
• Live Birth History /Child Mortality
• Maternal and Newborn Health
• Tetanus Toxoid
• Contraception
• Female Genital Cutting (North)
• HIV/AIDS

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Under-5 questionnaire
Sudan Household Health Survey

• Under-5 Child Information Panel
• Birth Registration
• Vitamin A
• Care of Illness Source of Supply of ORS and
  Antibiotics
  
• Malaria Source of Supply of Anti malarial
  drugs
  
• Excreta Disposal
• Breastfeeding
• Immunization
• Anthropometry

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Food security Questionnaire
Sudan Household Health Survey

• Household Circumstances
• Household Belongings and Livestock
• Livelihoods and Agricultural Production
• Household Expenditures
• Food Consumption and Sources
• Shocks and Coping Mechanisms
• Food Aid

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Partners
Sudan Household Health Survey

• UNICEF

Arab League
WFP
UNFPA
WHO
USAID
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Follow-up Actions

• The final report of the Sudan Household Health
  Survey (SHHS) is expected to be launched in March
  2007.
  
• The release of the SHHS report will be followed
  by National, regional and state-level workshops.
  
• Preparation of a follow-up detailed situation
  analysis of children and women in the Sudan in
  collaboration with UNICEF to identify priorities
  for women and children in the Sudan, and to
  assist in monitoring of MDG commitments.

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