A steep decline of malaria morbidity and mortality trends in Eritrea between 2000 and 2004: the effect of combination of control methods

Table 3 Malaria control activities in all zobas of Eritrea, 2000–2004

	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004
Number of houses sprayed	39,838	76,754	60,433	97,069	92,107
Malathion used (kg)	2,399	7,904	5,555	21,890	30,388
DDT used (kg)	4,045	8,362	8,500	17,423	13,103
Population protected by IRS	117,017	202,652	159,551	227,675	259,420
Breeding sites filled (pools)	15,988	23,810	25,355	22615	27494
Breeding sites treated (pools)	11,691	7,690	12,547	67,684	33,442
Abate (Temephos) used (litres)	14.9	18.5	145.0	90.5	80.2
Population participating in treating and filling breeding site	54,219	72,824	51,666	48,948	111,494
ITNs distributed	127,863	67,708	276,038	187,709	214,752