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    Analysis of Five Year District Health Office Data for Intestinal Parasitosis in Aleta-Chuko Sidama Ethiopia
    (Addis Ababa University, 2021-09-15) Degife, Teshale; Mamo, Hassen (PhD)
    Intestinal parasitic infections (IPIs) are widely distributed, particularly in low-income countries. The objective of this study was to retrospectively assess the prevalence of IPIs among preschool (1-4 year) and school-age (5-18 year) children in Aleta-Chuko District (ACD), Sidama Region, South Ethiopia, in the past five-year (September 2015 - August 2019). The study was retrospective study. It used secondary data from disease registers of ACD health office (2015 - 2019) to assess the prevalence of IPIs among preschool and school-age children.Overall, 199,241 children visited district health centers during this period and 140,706 (65,292 males, 75,414 females) were school-age children. Of these, 50,057(25.1%) were positive for IPIs with slightly more females (13.2%) than males (11.9%). The number of children diagnosed for IPIs had increased continuously although there was some decline in 2016 and 2017. Six different types of intestinal parasites were identified. Ascaris lumbricoides was the most prevalent (41.5%) followed by Entamoeba histolytica/dispar/moshkovskii (14.3%). The least identified parasite was Schistosoma mansoni. Intestinal parasites remain major health problem among preschool and school-aged children in ACD and emphasis on control measures including periodic deworming is needed. Comprehensive community-based studies are required for better understanding of the impact of IPIs on children in ACD.