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 4 Status of training in the WHO Regions

	Training on vector control				Training on pesticide management
WHO Region	All	Part	None	n	All	Part	None	n
African	7%	86%	7%	29	7%	86%	7%	30
American	41%	59%	0%	27	23%	77%	0%	26
Eastern Mediterranean	35%	59%	6%	17	29%	53%	18%	17
European	0%	100%	0%	5	25%	75%	0%	4
South-East Asian	13%	74%	13%	8	13%	87%	0%	8
Western Pacific	13%	82%	5%	23	8%	88%	4%	24
All	21%	75%	4%	109	16%	79%	5%	109

as expressed by: certified training in vector control and in sound management of public health pesticides received by those responsible for decision making and implementation of vector control activities. Presented is the percentage of countries specifying whether all, part, or none have received training, and the number of responding countries (n), in each Region.

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