Table 6.

Results of the evaluation of adequacy criteria in the implementation of the insecticide-treated bed net strategy

No.	Criterion	Ecuador	Peru	Bolivia	Colombia	Guyana
1	Population at risk stratified according to the burden of the disease and epidemiology of the transmission	0	0	1	1	1
2	Vector habits studied and confirmed	0	0	1	1	0
3	Sensitivity to potential insecticides confirmed before selecting the insecticide(s) with the best results	1	0	1	1	0
4	80% of at-risk population received insecticide-treated bed nets	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5
5	Insecticide-treated bed nets distributed to 80% of pregnant women in the risk area	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5
6	Insecticide-treated bed nets distributed to 80% of children under age five in risk areas	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5
7	80% of those surveyed reported sleeping under a bed net the night before	0	0.5	0.5	0	0.5
8	Stockouts of insecticides for impregnation did not exceed three months in the past five years	0	0	N/A	1	0.5
9	Stockouts of new bed nets for delivery to the population did not exceed six months in any of the cases	0	0	0	1	0
10	Standards and programmes exist for home and community-level reimpregnation	0	0	N/A	1	0
11	A systematic procedure exists to monitor that families have bed nets and use them appropriately (including re-impregnation and washing)	0	0.5	1	1	1
12	A system exists for monitoring resistance and sensitivity to insecticides used in bed nets	0	0	1	0	0.5
13	Systematic procedures exist for monitoring vector habits	0	0	1	1	0.5
14	Systematic procedures are in place for monitoring residual insecticide in bed nets	0	0	0	0	0.5
	Total	2.5	2.5	8.0a	9.5	6.0

Note: 1 = Yes; 0 = No; 0.5 = Partial; N/A = not applicable

a. The total in Bolivia is for 12 criteria because the country does not re-impregnate bed nets (long-lasting insecticide-treated bed nets are used)