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Table 5 Household ITN ownership & ITN use among children under five years of age determined through household surveys, Tanzania, 2008 (pre-campaign) - 2009 (post-campaign)

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

 

Household ITN ownership

U5 ITN use*

Area

2008

2009

2008

2009

 

N

% Ownership (95% CI)

N

% Ownership (95% CI)

N

ITN use Children <5 (95% CI)

N

ITN use Children <5 (95% CI)

Southern Zone

875

46.3

(39.7-52.9)

592

60.8

(56.8-64.6)

638

25.9

(21.0-31.4)

304

48.0

(42.3-53.8)

Lake Zone

1176

34.1

(28.2-40.5)

891

82.0

(79.4-84.5)

1408

23.9

(19.1-29.4)

1184

62.2

(58.8-65.5)

Tanzania

7200

45.7

(40.1-51.5)

NA

63.4†

5701

28.8

(22.3-36.3)

NA

64.1†

  1. *Percentage who slept under an ITN the past night; an ITN is a 1) factory treated net that does not require any further treatment, or 2) a pre-treated net obtained in the past 12 months, or 3) a net that has been soaked with insecticide within the past 12 months.
  2. † Preliminary data from 2009-2010 Tanzania Demographic Health Survey