Community cooperatives and insecticide-treated materials for malaria control: a new experience in Latin America

Malaria Journal

Table 2 ITM services offered by community cooperatives in Mexico and Colombia and monthly sales

ITM services sold	MEXICO		COLOMBIA
ITM services sold	No. of cooperatives	Monthly sale per cooperative	No. of cooperatives	Monthly sale per cooperative
1. Impregnation/re-impregnation of existing nets	1	25	4	53²
2. Impregnation of industrially produced nets or existing nets	7	91	0	-
3. Local production of nets and impregnation	0¹	-	2	108
All ITM services together	8	83	6	71

¹ One Mexican cooperative is starting to produce nets for hammocks which are not available on the market ² One cooperative has just started to sell impregnation services ³ 90% of these impregnated nets were sold to an international NGO; occasional re-impregnation of existing nets (n = 6 per month per cooperative)

ISSN: 1475-2875