Table 1.
Summary of study health districts characteristics in 2013
| Background characteristics | SMC health districts (intervention) | Non-SMC health districts (comparison) |
|---|---|---|
| Total surface area (km2) | 46,785 | 33,833 |
| Average annual rainfall (mm) (95% CI) | 794 (640, 948) | 752 (629, 876) |
| Average monthly temperature (°C) (95% CI) | 28.1 (27.7, 28.6) | 28.0 (27.6, 28.4) |
| Total population | 2,042,236 | 2,133,367 |
| Total number of primary health facilities | 212 | 199 |
| Total health staff | 1150 | 2173 |
| Population/health facility ratio | 9633 | 10,720 |
| Population/health care worker ratio | 1776 | 981 |
| Population of children under five | ||
| Total | 422,272 | 382,191 |
| Proportion | 20.7% | 17.9% |
| Population at < 5 km away from the health facility | ||
| Total | 808,066 | 1,363,340 |
| Proportion | 39.6% | 63.9% |
| Insecticide treated nets in 2014a | ||
| Ownership | 75.4% | 82.2% |
| Use | 88.0% | 87.2% |
aWe obtained this information from the Malaria Indicator Survey (MIS) conducted in 2014. The MIS was not designed to provide estimates at health districts level. To address this issue, we fitted a Bayesian binomial model to the aggregated data on ITN ownership and use to estimate them at the district level