Status of pesticide management in the practice of vector control: a global survey in countries at risk of malaria or other major vector-borne diseases

Table 2 Status of policy and coordination in the WHO Regions

	Use of the Code		IVM policy		Vector control unit		Usage records
WHO Region	%	n	%	n	%	n	%	n
African	83%	29	53%	30	60%	30	73%	30
American	76%	25	78%	27	89%	27	93%	27
Eastern Mediterranean	56%	16	71%	17	56%	16	76%	17
European	80%	5	60%	5	60%	5	100%	5
South-East Asian	63%	8	57%	7	88%	8	88%	8
Western Pacific	65%	23	50%	24	63%	24	65%	23
All	72%	106	62%	110	69%	110	79%	110

as expressed by: the use of, or reference made to, the International Code of Conduct in the management of public health pesticides; the presence of a national IVM policy; the presence of a national vector control unit or core group responsible for all vector control activities; and the availability of records on usage of vector control pesticide products to the ministry of health at central level. Presented is the percentage of countries answering each question positively, and the number of responding countries (n), for each Region.

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