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BEST ANALYSIS – BURKINA FASO
Prepared by Fintrac Inc.
Hauts-Bassins, Nord, Plateau Central and Sud-Ouest. The weights of greater than 40 percent of
sampled children were classified insufficient in Cascades, Est and Sud-Ouest.
Table 32: Nutritional indicators by region, 2007
REGION
% growth
retardation
% emaciated
% insufficient
weight
% participation
in a nutritional
program
% participation in
growth
monitoring
Boucle du Mouhoun 33.4 22.6 38.5 31.2 57.1
Cascades 35.1 23.7 46.3 1.7 93.7
Centre 30.2 14.4 21.7 10.8 38.7
Centre-Est 39.2 19.7 28.8 14.7 86.4
Centre-Nord 39.1 12.1 26.9 19.5 71.5
Centre-Ouest 33.8 23 37.2 4 46
Centre-Sud 23.8 15.7 28.2 6.8 90
Est 46.4 23.6 46.8 8 43.9
Hauts-Bassins 37.2 20.1 24.8 18 52.8
Nord 35.1 20.3 33.5 32.6 46.1
Plateau Central 32.5 21.7 28.6 4.4 44.7
Sahel 57 11.2 20.9 20.8 30.1
Sud-Ouest 39.4 25 40.3 2.7 75.7
Burkina Faso 35.9 19.3 31.7 15 59.6
Source: INSD, QUIBB (2007)
Water, Sanitation and Health Access
As shown in Table 33 below, boreholes serve as the primary source of water across Burkina
Faso, with the exception of Centre region. Traditional wells continue to be a main source of
drinking water for households in Nord and Boucle du Mouhoun. Time required by households to
search for potable water is reported in Table 34.
Table 33: Distribution of households (in percentage) across the principal source of drinking water,
by region
REGION
Bottles or
sachets of
mineral
water
Principal source of drinking water of the household
Running
tap water Spring Boreholes
Improved
wells
Traditional
wells
Marigot,
river,
stream,
rain Other
Boucle du
Mouhoun
0.2% 1% 4% 32.7% 34.4% 27.8% 0% 920
Cascades 0% 6.3% 14.4% 55.4% 10.3% 10% 3.6% 941
Centre 1.5% 50.8% 25.5% 18.4% 1.1% 2.5% 0.2% 951
Centre-Est 0.2% 3.4% 11.1% 69.6% 6.5% 6.2% 3% 913
Centre-Nord 0.3% 3% 4.1% 71.6% 10.5% 8.6% 1.8% 908
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