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editorial
. 2010 Nov 18;9:330. doi: 10.1186/1475-2875-9-330

Table 4.

Effects of a fixed household allocation of two or three nets with respect to the universal coverage criteria "1 net for 2 people"

Country Two nets provided per HH Three nets provided per HH

Too many nets Just right Too few nets Too many nets Just right Too few nets
DHS

Benin 06 20.1 29.2 50.7 49.3 25.8 24.9

Ethiopia 05 14.1 29.5 56.4 43.6 30.8 25.6

Ghana 08 37.0 29.4 33.5 66.5 20.8 12.7

Mali 06 14.0 27.3 58.7 41.3 25.6 33.1

Malawi 04 21.0 26.1 42.9 57.1 26.2 16.7

Nigeria 08 30.7 26.8 42.6 57.4 21.8 20.8

Niger 06 11.2 25.6 63.2 36.8 26.7 36.4

Rwanda 05 17.7 35.0 47.3 52.7 28.8 18.5

Senegal 06 8.8 11.3 79.9 20.1 15.7 64.2

Tanzania 07/08 19.3 29.1 51.6 48.4 26.5 25.1

Uganda 06 20.9 26.0 53.0 47.0 25.9 27.1

Guinea 05 12.5 24.3 63.2 36.8 25.9 37.3

Other surveys

Mozambique 07 (MIS) 16.0 33.8 50.2 49.8 28.6 21.6

Nigeria Kano 09 19.6 33.1 47.3 52.7 30.3 17.0

Nigeria Anambra 09 23.1 31.5 45.4 54.6 28.3 17.1

Sudan NBeG 09 5.2 17.9 76.9 23.1 43.3 33.6

Uganda Adjumani 07 1.6 29.7 68.7 31.3 36.8 31.9

Uganda Jinja 07 1.7 23.2 75.1 24.9 27.8 47.3

Key:

2 nets to each HH: Too many (1-2 de jure household members); Just right (3-4 members); Too few (5+ members)

3 nets to each HH: Too many (1-4 de jure household members); Just right (5-6 members); Too few (7+ members)