.png "Philippines Use of insecticide-treated bed nets (% of under-5 population)")
| Data: | Use of insecticide-treated bed nets (% of under-5 population) | ||||||||
| Year: | 1960 - 2013 | ||||||||
| Country: | Philippines | ||||||||
| Source: | World Bank (the information in this section is direct quotation from World Bank development data) | ||||||||
| Series Code: | SH.MLR.NETS.ZS | ||||||||
| Topic: | Health: Disease prevention | ||||||||
| Short Definition: | 0 | ||||||||
| Long Definition: | Use of insecticide-treated bed nets refers to the percentage of children under age five who slept under an insecticide-treated bednet to prevent malaria. | ||||||||
| Unit of Measurement: | 0 | ||||||||
| Periodicity: | Annual | ||||||||
| Base Period: | 0 | ||||||||
| Reference Period: | 0 | ||||||||
| Aggregation method: | Weighted average | ||||||||
| Limitations and exceptions: | 0 | ||||||||
| Notes from original source: | 0 | ||||||||
| General Comments: | 0 | ||||||||
| Original Source: | UNICEF, State of the World's Children, Childinfo, and Demographic and Health Surveys by ICF International. | ||||||||
| Statistical concept and methodology: | Malaria is endemic to the poorest countries in the world, mainly in tropical and subtropical regions of Africa, Asia, and the Americas. Insecticide-treated nets, properly used and maintained, are one of the most important malaria-preventive strategies to limit human-mosquito contact. | ||||||||
| Development relevance: | 0 | ||||||||
