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 7 Role of recommendations by the WHO Pesticide Evaluation Scheme in the WHO Regions

	Procurement of re-commended products		Procurement using quality standards		Quality standards for equipment
WHO Region	%	n	%	n	%	n
African	86%	29	96%	28	53%	30
American	81%	27	96%	26	69%	26
Eastern Mediterranean	81%	16	81%	16	76%	17
European	100%	5	100%	5	100%	5
South-East Asian	75%	8	100%	8	75%	8
Western Pacific	71%	24	75%	24	65%	23
All	81%	109	90%	107	67%	109

as expressed by: the restriction of procurement to those vector control products recommended by WHO; the inclusion of WHO quality standards in procurement requirements by the ministry of health; and the use of WHO standards for quality control of equipment for vector control pesticide application. Presented is the percentage of countries answering each question positively, and the number of responding countries (n), in each Region.

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