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Table 5 Summary of recommended quantifiers for scenarios, to maintain ITN access at or above 80%. The quantifiers are for only the continuous distribution channel or mass campaign; annual ANC/EPI distribution equivalent to 6% of the population is assumed in each scenario, but is not part of the listed quantifiers. Results for all countries are available in Additional file 2, Table S4.

From: How many mosquito nets are needed to maintain universal coverage: an update

  

Continuous distribution ITNs = population x X, annually

Mass Campaign ITNs = Population / X

Country

Retention time (years)

Scenario 2: full-scale continuous + routine (%)

Scenario 3: campaign + routine + continuous between campaigns (%)

Scenario 4: three-yearly campaigns

Scenario 5: two-yearly campaigns

LBR

1.0

36

35

 

0.9

GIN

1.5

28

16

0.6

1.8

TZA

2.1

21

11

1.0

2.0

TGO

2.4

17

8

1.2

2.0

COG

2.9

13

4

1.5

2.0

CMR

3.5

11

1

1.7

2.0