Vietnam Population and AIDS Indicator Survey 2005 ... - Measure DHS
Vietnam Population and AIDS Indicator Survey 2005 ... - Measure DHS
Vietnam Population and AIDS Indicator Survey 2005 ... - Measure DHS
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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 />