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 6 Status of safety aspects of public health pesticide management in the WHO Regions

	Health monitoring guidelines		Health monitoring programme		Public awareness programme
WHO Region	%	n	%	n	%	n
African	33%	30	13%	30	40%	30
American	56%	25	44%	25	22%	23
Eastern Mediterranean	41%	17	31%	16	41%	17
European	60%	5	40%	5	60%	5
South-East Asian	50%	8	38%	8	63%	8
Western Pacific	35%	23	13%	23	50%	24
All	43%	108	26%	107	41%	107

as expressed by: the presence of national guidelines for health monitoring of pesticide applicators in vector control operations; the presence of a national programme to monitor applicator exposure in vector control; and the presence of any national information and awareness programme, for the public, on use of public health pesticides. Presented is the percentage of countries answering each question positively, and the number of responding countries (n), in each Region.

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