Table 3.
Status of pesticide legislation in the WHO regions: presence of national and/or regional legislation for registration and control of pesticides, and whether it covers the registration and control of public health pesticides.
| WHO region | Presence of legislation | Legislation covers public health pesticides | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Africa | 73 (22/30) | 82 (18/22) | ||
| Americas | 89 (24/27) | 91 (21/23) | ||
| Eastern Mediterranean | 87 (13/15) | 77 (10/13) | ||
| Europe | 100 (5/5) | 100 (5/5) | ||
| Southeast Asia | 75 (6/8) | 100 (6/6) | ||
| Western Pacific | 91 (20/22) | 95 (18/19) | ||
| All | 84 (90/107) | 89 (78/88) | ||
| Data are the percentage of countries responding positively to each question in each region. Values in parentheses are number of positive responses/number of countries that responded to each question. | ||||