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Table 7 Reporting of indoor residual spraying (IRS) by country

From: The provision of malaria services in border districts of four countries in Southern Africa: results from a cross-sectional community assessment of malaria border health posts

Indicator

Angola

Mozambique

Zambia

Zimbabwe

Proportion of households ever sprayed with insecticide, % (N)

0 (132)

42 (324)

57 (202)

96 (198)

Average time since last spraying, months n, (N)

0 (0)

2.4 (136)

2.59 (116)

2.95 (192)

Average number of times the household was sprayed in past 12 months, n (N)

0 (0)

1.2 (136)

1.20 (116)

1.02 (192)

Proportion of respondents that slept in a sprayed structure last night, % (N)

0

82 (136)

85 (116)

83 (192)

Proportion of respondents who think IRS prevents malaria, % (N)

50 (277)

47 (175)

80 (229)

99 (198)