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Table 4.1 Number of countries having adopted WHO-recommended policies and strategies for malaria control, by WHO Region

Data are reported by National Malaria Control Programmes at the end of 2006 except for policy on ACT treatment, which has been updated to June 2008.

WHO region Inseticide-Treated Nets Indoor Residual Spraying
for all IT- targeting children under 5 years and pregnant women for children under 5 years and pregnant women free distribution Indoor Residual Spraying (IRS) DDT used
Africa 16 37 33 16 23 8
Americas 12 6 5 12 9 1
Eastern Mediterranean 6 4 7 5 6 0
Europe 3 3 4 8 5 0
South-East Asia 9 6 9 6 6 3
Western Pacific 8 4 7 2 4 1
Total 54 60 65 49 53 13


WHO region Treatment Intermittent Preventive Treatment during pregnancy Number of endemic countries
Artemisinin combination therapies Treatment-act is free in public sectors

a Out of 81 countries endemic for P. falciparum.
Africa 40 23 33 45
Americas 8 6 0 22
Eastern Mediterranean 10 7 0 13
Europe 1 1 0 9
South-East Asia 9 8 0 10
Western Pacific 9 6 0 10
Total 77a 51 33 109

Source: WHO, World Malaria Report (2008) ,
Chapter 4: Interventions to control malaria, p.16.

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Fig.3.2. Number of people estimated to be at low and high risk of malaria, by WHO Region, 2006

Fig.3.5. Nineteen countries estimated to have 90% of cases in the African Region, 2006*

Fig.3.6 Ten countries estimated to have 90% of cases in regions other than Africa, 2006*

Fig.3.9 Eighteen countries estimated to have 90% of malaria deaths in the African Region, 2006

Fig.3.10 Seven countries estimated to have 90% of malaria deaths in regions other than Africa, 2006

Fig.4.6 Nineteen African countries with Insecticide-Treated Nets (ITN) sufficient to cover >20% of the population at risk in 2006-2007 (data from the National Monitoring Control Programmes (NMCP))

Fig.4.7 Nine countries in the Americas, South-East Asia and Western Pacific with Insecticide-Treated Nets (ITN) sufficient to cover > 10% of the population at risk in 2006-2007 data from the National Monitoring Control Programmes (NMCP))

Fig.4.8 Household surveys of :  (a) Insecticide-Treated Net ownership,  (b) use by children < 5 years and (c) pregnant women, Africa, 2006–2007

Fig.4.10 Countries in: (a) the African and (b) other regions where > 5% of the population at risk was protected by Indoor Residual Spraying (IRS) in 2006*

Fig.5.4. Steps from malaria control to elimination

Estimates of populations at low and high risk of malaria by WHO Region, 2006

Table 4.1 Number of countries having adopted WHO-recommended policies and strategies for malaria control, by WHO Region

Fig. 4.14 Availability of antimalarial drugs to children with fever

Fig. 4.15 Pregnant women who used preventive treatments

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