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health facilities. These activities helped in reducing the theoretical average
reach from 7.2 km in 2011 to 7.1 km in 2012. Besides, in health products,
the new health facilities benefitted from supply of medicines.
In order to reduce lethality due to severe malaria in pregnant women and
under-five children, the supply of first aid kits for managing severe malaria
cases was pursued in 2012. Hence, 178,242 kits, including 139,500 for
under-five children and 38,742 for pregnant women, representing 80% of the
set target, were mobilized. Nevertheless, it is important to stress that all
cases of severe malaria in under-five children and pregnant women were
managed with kits subsidized by the State and the other partners for which
the data are not available.
4.2.4. Electricity
To ensure regular electricity supply at less cost in Burkina Faso, the actions
undertaken concerned the signing of the final funding agreement for the
Bolgatanga (Ghana) – Ouagadougou interconnection project, at an estimated
total cost of 56 billion CFA francs, including 36 billion for investments to be
made on the Burkinabe territory.
To that were added the following actions: (i) selection of consultants to
conduct the additional studies on the Han (Ghana) - Bobo-Dioulasso Sikasso (Mali) - Bamako (Mali) power inter-connection project, (ii) completion
of works to increase the 132 KV Kompienga - Bagre- Tenkodogo –
Ouagadougou inter-connection power lines, (iii) pursuit of the construction
of the 18 MW Komsilga thermal power station in the Centre régional de
consommation de Ouagadougou, at a cost of about 18.8 billion CFA francs
CFA, (iv) commissioning of the 37.5 MW second phase of the Komsilga power
plant at a cost of 30 billion CFA francs, and (v) construction of a 37,5 MW
third phase of the Komsilga power plant and a 33KV/90KV sub-station for
evacuating power at a cost of about 34 billion CFA francs.
The improvement of electricity supply was pursued through: (i) the selection
of a company to increase the capacity of the Bobo power plant by an
additional 20 MW, at a cost of about 16 billion CFA francs, (ii) the