Design, implementation and evaluation of a national campaign to distribute nine million free LLINs to children under five years of age in Tanzania

Table 3 Estimated and actual number of children under five years of age for determining LLIN needs by Zone, Tanzania, 2008-09

Zone	2008 NBS* Est. U5s from 2002 Census	U5s Registered	LLINs delivered†	LLINS issued‡ (%)	U5s not receiving an LLIN**
Tanga	288,185	N/A††	402,448	380,458(94.5)	0‡‡
South	333,571	403,594	469,644	435,112 (92.6)	3,456
Lake	1,457,439	1,925,372	2,107,000	2,047,889 (97.2)	65,618
West Lake	1,609,747	1,691,854	1,745,682	1,662,302 (95.2)	155,523
South West	782,563	766,291	793,696	789,586 (99.4)	68,859
Southern Highlands	464,119	514,414	562,112	554,433 (98.6)	22,922
Central	844,157	984,985	1,065,748	1,052,750 (98.7)	92,397
Northern	476,131	540,785	586,720	567,348 (96.6)	43,190
Coast	966,171	1,153,715	1,311,987	1,263,560 (96.3)	N/A
Total	7,222,083	7.981,010	9,045,037	8,753,438 (96.7)	451,965

*National Bureau of Statistics estimates based on 2008 population projections from the 2002 Census data
† LLINs delivered by delivery contractor to the village
‡ LLINs issued to U5s during campaign days
** Refers to unregistered children who came to distribution point on one of the three distribution days, but did not receive an LLIN
†† This zone was implemented with a slightly different methodology, due to a pilot 'integrated distribution'
‡‡ Following the distribution, additional LLINs were procured and delivered to village level to meet the shortfall

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