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Table A-12.8 Use of mosquito nets by children: Districts<br />

Percentage of children under age 5 who, the night before the survey, slept under a mosquito net (treated or untreated), under an insecticide-treated net<br />

(ITN), under a long-lasting insecticidal net (LLIN), and under an ITN or in a dwelling in which the interior walls have been sprayed against mosquitoes<br />

(IRS) in the past 12 months; and among children under age 5 in households with at least one ITN, the percentage who slept under an ITN the night before<br />

the survey, according to district, <strong>Malawi</strong> DHS <strong>2015</strong>-<strong>16</strong><br />

District<br />

Percentage who<br />

slept under any<br />

mosquito net last<br />

night<br />

Children under age 5 in all households<br />

Percentage who<br />

slept under an<br />

ITN 1 last night<br />

Percentage who<br />

slept under an<br />

LLIN last night<br />

Percentage who<br />

slept under an<br />

ITN 1 last night or<br />

in a dwelling<br />

sprayed with<br />

IRS 2 in the past<br />

12 months<br />

Number of<br />

children<br />

Children under age 5 in<br />

households with at least one ITN 1<br />

Percentage who<br />

slept under an<br />

ITN 1 last night<br />

Number of<br />

children<br />

Northern<br />

Chitipa 42.8 34.4 32.2 34.4 171 56.3 104<br />

Karonga 64.9 59.2 57.2 73.3 344 78.9 258<br />

Likoma 63.2 31.6 30.5 31.6 11 58.3 6<br />

Mzimba 49.0 43.5 42.0 44.4 1,071 71.5 652<br />

Nkhata Bay 47.4 39.5 35.7 40.2 252 64.2 155<br />

Rumphi 43.0 36.7 34.4 37.4 215 58.0 136<br />

Total 50.4 44.1 42.1 47.1 2,064 69.4 1,312<br />

Central<br />

Dedza 38.8 35.7 35.7 38.0 743 60.2 441<br />

Dowa 62.9 60.9 60.3 60.9 710 75.6 572<br />

Kasungu 38.8 37.4 35.2 38.0 776 68.9 421<br />

Lilongwe 42.5 31.0 29.2 33.9 2,528 61.1 1,283<br />

Mchinji 67.8 58.5 43.8 68.7 578 72.2 468<br />

Nkhotakota 71.7 68.9 50.1 71.3 402 80.2 345<br />

Ntcheu 53.6 50.1 49.4 50.4 666 78.4 426<br />

Ntchisi 45.2 41.2 40.4 41.2 353 71.6 203<br />

Salima 43.6 37.9 34.5 51.4 596 69.4 326<br />

Total 48.5 42.1 38.6 45.4 7,352 68.9 4,485<br />

Southern<br />

Balaka 46.4 44.0 43.3 45.3 458 67.4 299<br />

Blantyre 53.1 50.0 40.9 50.2 1,184 74.6 794<br />

Chikhwawa 36.5 33.6 32.4 44.2 561 62.1 303<br />

Chiradzulu 47.1 44.3 43.1 48.2 337 70.0 213<br />

Machinga 45.1 42.1 38.4 42.4 836 68.9 511<br />

Mangochi 36.8 33.6 31.5 37.5 1,351 63.6 714<br />

Mulanje 45.8 38.8 34.3 42.0 733 61.7 461<br />

Mwanza 67.6 64.5 63.9 64.5 118 77.9 97<br />

Neno 54.9 49.6 25.9 49.8 196 67.4 144<br />

Nsanje 48.2 44.5 39.8 49.0 318 68.5 207<br />

Phalombe 62.1 48.0 17.6 48.3 518 67.7 367<br />

Thyolo 33.1 31.3 30.3 31.6 666 67.0 311<br />

Zomba 61.2 56.7 53.9 57.2 998 78.8 719<br />

Total 47.2 43.0 37.4 45.2 8,274 69.3 5,140<br />

Total 48.1 42.7 38.4 45.5 17,691 69.1 10,937<br />

Note: Table is based on children who stayed in the household the night before the interview.<br />

1<br />

An insecticide-treated net (ITN) is (1) a factory-treated net that does not require any further treatment (LLIN) or (2) a net that has been soaked with<br />

insecticide within the past 12 months<br />

2<br />

Indoor residual spraying (IRS) is limited to spraying conducted by a government, private, or non-governmental organization<br />

392 • Appendix A

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