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 3

Proportion of people who reported sleeping under a net in households that owned at least one net in malarious areas of three regional states.

Regional state	Slept under any net last night (%)*		Slept under LLIN last night (%)**
	Baseline 2006	MIS 2007	Baseline 2006	MIS 2007
All people
Amhara	70.2	52.2	72.0	51.3
Oromia	76.9	48.6	72.9	51.5
SNNP	65.2	38.6	68.6	38.2
Total	70.8	48.0	71.7	48.3
Children under five years of age
Amhara	77.9	63.1	80.6	61.9
Oromia	81.9	57.5	77.0	56.5
SNNP	75.1	47.9	78.8	55.9
Total	78.4	57.8	79.5	58.2
Pregnant women
Amhara	80.3	58.2	82.5	56.7
Oromia	83.5	60.4	83.7	65.2
SNNP	82.8	55.8	82.0	55.8
Total	81.2	58.2	82.7	58.3

LLIN, long lasting insecticidal nets; MIS, malaria indicator survey; SNNP, Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples.
*In a household that owns at least one net (any type).
**In a household that owns at least one LLIN.