Table 1.

Summary of health facility characteristics

Ownership	Chapananga	Chithumba	Kakoma	Kapichira	Majete	Misomali	Total
	Govt.a	Govt.	Govt.	Private	Govt.	Private
Catchment population	16,783	10,755	22,725	5945	6000	9175	71,383
Health service providersb	3	2	2	3	3	2	15
Health service provider per 10,000	1.8	1.9	0.9	5.0	5.0	2.2	2.1
HSAc	9	7	13	7	2	4	42
Population per HSAd	1865	1536	1748	849	3000	2294	1680
Children sampled	23	40	12	12	20	13	120

^aGovernment owned

^bHealth service provider refers to a clinician or nurse who prescribed anti-malarial drugs

^cHealth Surveillance Assistant

^dMinistry of Health recommends one HSA per 1000 people