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Sleeping under a mosquito net is<br />

nearly universal among children in <strong>Vietnam</strong>;<br />

95 percent of children less than five<br />

years of age slept under a mosquito net on<br />

the night before the survey. Only in Ho<br />

Chi Minh City is there an exception to the<br />

nearly universal usage of nets; one-quarter<br />

of children in Ho Chi Minh City did not<br />

sleep under a mosquito net on the night<br />

prior to the survey. Only one in five children<br />

under five years of age slept under a<br />

net that had ever been treated with insecticide.<br />

Only 13 percent of children slept<br />

under an ITN the night before the survey.<br />

Sleeping under an ITN is more common<br />

in the central regions of <strong>Vietnam</strong>, where<br />

malaria carrying mosquitoes are more<br />

prevalent.<br />

2.12 USE OF MOSQUITO NETS BY<br />

WOMEN<br />

In malaria-endemic areas adults<br />

usually have acquired some degree of<br />

immunity to severe, life-threatening<br />

malaria. However, pregnancy leads to a<br />

depression of the immune system so that<br />

pregnant women, especially those in their<br />

first pregnancy, have a higher risk to<br />

malaria. Moreover, these malarias may be<br />

asymptomatic <strong>and</strong> lead to malaria-induced<br />

anemia <strong>and</strong> may interfere with the motherfetus<br />

exchange resulting in low birth<br />

weight births. During pregnancy women<br />

can reduce the risk of the adverse effects<br />

of malaria by sleeping under insecticidetreated<br />

mosquito nets. Table 2.10 presents<br />

the use of mosquito nets by all women <strong>and</strong><br />

Table 2.9 Use of mosquito nets by children<br />

Percentage of children under five years of age who slept under a mosquito net<br />

(treated or untreated), an ever-treated mosquito net, <strong>and</strong> an insecticide treated<br />

net (ITN) the night before the survey, by background characteristics, <strong>Vietnam</strong><br />

<strong>2005</strong><br />

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Percentage<br />

who slept<br />

under<br />

any net<br />

last night<br />

Percentage<br />

who slept<br />

under<br />

an evertreated<br />

net<br />

last night 1<br />

Percentage<br />

who slept<br />

under<br />

an ITN<br />

last night 2<br />

Number<br />

of<br />

children<br />

Background<br />

characteristic<br />

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Age (in years)<br />

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