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Table 1 Coverage of the vector control activities, Indoor Residual Spraying (IRS) and Long Lasting Insecticidal Net (LLIN) by year

From: Spatial targeted vector control in the highlands of Burundi and its impact on malaria transmission

 

2002

2003

2004

2005

Total provincial population*

302 062

311 134

320 458

329 431

Nbr of targeted houses (% treated)

14 783 (86%)

15 106 (95%)

17 954 (93%)

18 072 (94%)

Nbr of houses treated/man/day

6.0

5.7

5.7

5.4

Insecticide used

Deltamethrin

Deltamethrin

Deltamethrin

Alpha cypermethrin

Nbr of LLIN distributed

20 750

3 200

0

0

Nbr of net used (%**)

18 792 (78.8%)

17 631 (65.2%)

14 442 (53.4%)

8 431 (31.2%)

  1. * Official data (EPISTAT Burundi)
  2. ** % = net used/(LLINs distributed + 3100 net present in the houses before the intervention)