Rapid Increase in Ownership and Use of Long-Lasting Insecticidal Nets and Decrease in Prevalence of Malaria in Three Regional States of Ethiopia (2006-2007)
Table 2
Proportion of people who reported sleeping under a net last night in all sampled households in malarious areas of three regional states.
Regional state
Slept under any net last night (%)
Slept under LLIN last night (%)
DHS 2005*
Baseline 2006
MIS 2007
DHS 2005*
Baseline 2006
MIS 2007
All people
Amhara
1.1
25.8
46.5
0.4
12.5
43.8
Oromia
0.8
35.8
31.1
0.5
23.5
28.2
SNNP
3.2
34.7
29.1
2.6
28.3
28.7
Total
1.5
27.8
36.7
1.0
15.3
34.5
Children under five years of age
Amhara
2.1
29.2
56.3
0.9
14.5
51.8
Oromia
1.0
39.5
34.2
0.4
24.6
29.6
SNNP
3.6
41.5
36.3
3.2
31.9
35.9
Total
2.0
31.8
42.5
1.3
17.4
38.9
Pregnant women
Amhara
1.5
33.6
49.5
0.3
14.6
46.4
Oromia
0.0
41.0
30.7
0.0
29.2
24.4
SNNP
2.9
46.4
44.5
2.4
36.9
44.5
Total
1.3
35.9
41.0
0.8
18.9
37.4
DHS, Demographic and health survey; LLIN, long lasting insecticidal nets; MIS, malaria indicator survey; SNNP, Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples.
*In DHS 2005 the proportions refer to persons under ITN not LLIN.
