Acceptable Purposes: DDT

DDT REGISTER PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH 1
OF PART II OF ANNEX B OF THE STOCKHOLM CONVENTION

Notification Form Arabic Chinese English French Russian Spanish
Notification of Acceptable Purpose(s) for Production and Use of DDT

Party

Production notification

(x = received)

Use

notification

(x = received)

Date of notification

Comments

Botswana

 

  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.

Completed notification form
China, People's Republic of

2 February 2005 Completed notification form
Communication dated 28 March 2013
(Pending verification)
Eritrea   X 31 May 2010 Indoor residual spraying by the Ministry of Health against mosquito in the malaria control programme. The Ministry has been using DDT for several years and will continue to do so until effective and environmentally friendly alternative is available.

Completed notification form
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.

Completed notification form
India X X 27 October 2006
Malaria( Anopheles culicifacies ,An fluviatilis, An. Minimus, An. Dirus)
Kala-azar( Sandfly) M/s Hindustan Insecticide Limited (HIL) is the sole manufacturer of DDT in the country .

Completed notification form
  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.

Completed notification form
Marshall Islands

 

X

 22 May 2004

Acceptable purpose: Disease vector control in accordance with Part II of Annex B (Malaria / Other related illnesses)

Completed notification form

Mauritius

 

 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

Completed notification form

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.

Completed notification form
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.

Completed notification form

Namibia X X 28 January 2009
For indoor residual spraying of houses to control malaria vectors by the Ministry of Health and Social Services. ±100 tonnes of DDT 75%WP

Completed notification form
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.

Completed notification form
South Africa

 

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.

Completed notification form
Swaziland  

X

28 June 2006

 Use restricted to malaria vector control in accordance with Part II of Annex B.

Completed notification form
Uganda   X 20 July 2008
Planned as from January 2008 Malaria targeting Anopheles gambiae s.s, An. funestus and An. arabiensis

Remarks: see attached

Completed notification form
Venezuela   X 11 May 2009
Control del vector de la malaria. Venezuela decide mantener el uso restringido del DDT en el país, sólo en situaciones de emergencia de salud pública para el control del vector de la malaria, así como también su uso en investigaciones.

Completed notification form
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.

Completed notification form
Zambia  

X

 20 October 2008
DDT is restricted for Malaria Vector control until an effective and affordable alternative is made available

Completed notification form

 

Withdrawal from the DDT Register

Parties listed in the DDT register may withdraw their name from the Registry, at any time, upon a written notification to the Secretariat (paragraph 7 of Part II, Annex B). 

See the withdrawal notifications.