Interviewer instructions
This question asks for symptoms that would cause the respondent to a health facility right
away.
Note that this question will only be asked once per mother/primary caretaker. If you are
interviewing the same mother/primary caretaker for more than one child, ask this question
when you interview her/him for the first child. Copy the response to this question to the
same question in the questionnaire for the second child. If you are interviewing more than
one mother/primary caretaker in the same household, ask the question once of each of the
mothers/primary caretakers.
Circle the codes for the symptoms mentioned. If the caretaker mentions a few signs and
stops, continue by asking "Any others?" until the caretaker cannot recall any additional
symptoms, but do not prompt with any suggestions. Circle the codes corresponding to all
symptoms mentioned. If you are not sure whether a certain sign as reported by the
respondent fits in one of the above categories, write it down in full and check with your
supervisor later.
Use below codes:
'A' - Child not able to drink or breastfeed
'B' - Child becomes sicker
'C' - Child develops a fever
'D' - Child has fast breathing
'E' - Child has difficult breathing
'F' - Child has blood in stool
'G' - Child is drinking poorly
'H' - Other
'I' - Other
'J' - Other
