Table 7.
Policy and institutional aspects of vector control
| United Nations Regional Group | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| African | Asia-Pacific | Latin American & Caribbean | European & Othersa | |||||
| Topic | % | (n) | % | (n) | % | (n) | % | (n) |
| National vector control unit in place | 82 | (28) | 70 | (30) | 88 | (25) | 30 | (10) |
| Use of Code of Conduct for public health pesticides | 78 | (27) | 69 | (29) | 54 | (24) | 11 | (9) |
| Records available on use of vector control insecticides | 71 | (28) | 82 | (28) | 80 | (25) | 44 | (9) |
Data presented as % of responding countries per Regional Group that gave a positive response regarding each topic (n indicates number of responding countries for each topic)
a Western & Eastern Europe, North America, Australia and New Zealand