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PROVISIONAL DDT REGISTER PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH 1
OF PART II OF ANNEX B OF THE STOCKHOLM CONVENTION
Party |
Production notification (x = received) |
Use notification (x = received) |
Date of notification |
Comments |
Botswana |
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X |
29 September 2004 |
In 1998 Botswana changed policy from DDT to pyrethroids for residual house spraying and treatment of mosquito nets. The change was as a result of non availability of good quality DDT. The complaints from the community about stains DDT left on their walls also contributed to the change. However, the Ministry of Health has not banned the use of DDT for public health purposes. Should the country have an invasion of anopheles funestus which are currently only susceptible to DDT, Botswana will revert to it and avert malaria epdemics and save lives of the population at risk. |
China, People's Republic of
|
X | X | 2 February 2005 | Text subject to clarification |
Ethiopia | X | X | 12 September 2006 | DDT is being produced and used in Ethiopia for malaria vector control as indoor residual spray in accordance with the WHO recommendation and guidelines. |
India | X | X |
27 October 2006 |
Malaria(
Anopheles culicifacies ,An fluviatilis, An. Minimus, An. Dirus) M/s Hindustan Insecticide Limited (HIL) is the sole manufacturer of DDT in the country . |
Madagascar |
X |
27 August 2007 |
DDT is prohibited for agriculture use in Madagascar.
Since 2004, it has been stopped in Public health use. It is
planned to be reused on October, 2009, during the implementation of
National Strategic Plan, and for resistance management. Malaria; the main vectors targeted are Anopheles funestus and Anopheles gambiae s.l. |
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Marshall Islands |
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X |
22 May 2004 |
Acceptable purpose: Disease vector control in accordance with Part II of Annex B (Malaria / Other related illnesses) |
Mauritius |
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X |
27 September 2007 |
1.) DDT is being sprayed as a residual inseticide at the port and airport. About 1500Kgs of DDT are used annually. 2.) Secretariat was notified in March 2003 for exemption. This notification was subsequently updated on September 2007 |
Morocco | X | 14 April 2005 |
Le DDT est utilisé au Maroc exclusivement par le
Ministère de la Santé pour la lutte contre le paludisme pour des foyers
ponctuels quand la situation épidémiologique l’éxige. Unofficial translation: DDT is used in Morocco exclusively by the Ministry of Health for malaria control in limited areas when the epidemiological situation so requires. |
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Mozambique | X | 13 September 2007 |
Planned as
from 2005 UP TO 2008 MOZAMBIQUE is using DDT ,only for Malaria vector and other disease combat, the DDT is administrated by ministry of health Mozambique under article of WHO, For only malaria prevention |
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Myanmar
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X | 8 August 2006 | Malaria vector targeted - Anopheles mosquito | |
Senegal | X |
9 July 2006 |
Plaudism is endemic in Senegal. Currently, the assumption of responsibility of the patients is effective. However, in the treatment of the mosquitos, the DDT is not excluded in the event if plague persists. | |
South Africa |
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X |
24 November 2004 |
Notified the Secretariat of its request to be included in the DDT Register for disease vector control in accordance with the World Health Organization recommendations and guidelines, and in accordance to the requirements of the Stockholm Convention. |
Swaziland |
X |
28 June 2006 |
Use restricted to malaria vector control in accordance with Part II of Annex B. | |
Uganda | X |
20 July 2008 |
Planned as from January 2008
Malaria targeting Anopheles gambiae s.s, An. funestus
and An. arabiensis |
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Yemen, Republic of |
X |
29 March 2005 |
1.) Yemen has banned the use of DDT for agriculture
since 1990, but Yemen is still using DDT for disease vector control
(Malaria); 2.) Yemen is now making efforts to replace DDT with other safe chemicals, but Yemen needs some support to fulfil its plans and to make its efforts succeed. |