Utilization of community health workers for malaria treatment: results from a three-year panel study in the districts of Kaya and Zorgho, Burkina Faso

Table 1 Characteristics of study sites

	Kaya district	Zorgho district
Number of malaria infections per inhabitant per year	0.25	0.38
Annual rainfall	506 mm	661 mm
Households below the poverty line	44 %	41 %
Main spoken language	90 % (Mooré)	89 % (Mooré)
Population	500 208	352 003
Distance from capital city	98 km	103 km
Number of primary health centres	48	44

ISSN: 1475-2875