State of ITN distribution and IRS campaigns in 2020 among malaria-endemic countries of SSA at the time of writing
| Intervention | ITN distribution | IRS round |
| Planned countries, according to WHO7 (n) | 28 | 33 |
| Countries with available data (n) (PAR (millions))§ | 19(562.3) | 17(460.6) |
| Completed countries (n) | 7 | 10 |
| Ongoing countries (n) | 5 | 2 |
| Scheduled countries (n) | 7 | 5 |
| Population targeted (million people) (% of PAR)* | 205.1(36.5) | NA‡ |
| Population protected (million people) (% of PAR)† | 60.0(10.7) | NA‡ |
| Population protected/targeted (%)*† | 29.3 | NA‡ |
| ITN procured in 2020 (million nets) | 90.7 | – |
| ITN confirmed for distribution (million nets) | 122.2 | – |
| ITN already distributed (million nets)† | 34.3 | – |
Specific, country-level data were obtained through online resources and personal communication with implementing agencies (PMI VectorLink Project for IRS (https://pmivectorlink.org) and The Alliance for Malaria Prevention for ITN (https://allianceformalariaprevention.com). Planned and available data country counts include Equatorial Guinea to account for interventions implemented on Bioko Island.
*Data available for 16 countries at the time of writing.
†Data available for five countries that had completed the scheduled campaigns and for four that had ongoing ITN distributions at the time of writing.
‡NA; no country-specific data on populations targeted and protected were available at the time of writing.
§Population at risk of malaria, 2018 estimate.
IRS, indoor residual spraying; ITN, insecticide-treated nets; PAR, Population at risk; SSA, sub-Saharan Africa;
IRS, indoor residual spraying; ITN, insecticide-treated nets; PAR, Population at risk; SSA, sub-Saharan Africa.