Clinical Malaria Prevalence and the Associated Risk Factors in Abe Dongoro District, Oromia Region, West Ethiopia
| dc.contributor.advisor | Dugasa, Sisay (PhD) | |
| dc.contributor.author | Kebede, Belay | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2020-11-23T07:19:38Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2023-11-09T04:21:00Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2020-11-23T07:19:38Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2023-11-09T04:21:00Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2019-08-08 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Malaria is a disease caused by Plasmodium spp. The infections occur mainly in tropical countries with about 90% of these occurring in sub-Saharan Africa. In Ethiopia, approximately 4-5 million cases of malaria are reported annually and it is prevalent in 75% of the country, putting over 50 million people at risk. This study aimed at assessing the current situation of the disease in relation to relevant socio-demographic and environmental factors in Abe Dongoro district, Oromia Region, west Ethiopia. Descriptive community based cross-sectional study was conducted from September 2018 to May 2019 in three selected kebeles randomly. The samples have been collected in two ways. Data related with assessment of the risk factors associated with prevalence of malaria were collected by interviewing household’s (HHs) age ≥18 years old from the selected kebeles that came to local health post as patient or brought other house hold (HH) members to health posts using structured and pretested questions. A total of 770 individuals belonging to the 385 randomly selected house hold (HHs) in the three kebeles, participated in the study. Of the total, 385 mRDT from the patients brought to the health centers malaria signs were blood tested for the presence of Plasmodium parasites in their blood were tested for malaria by mRDT using finger-prick blood samples, 131 (34%) were found to be mRDT positive. The association of malaria prevalence with a variety of the risk factors obtained by questionnaire and field observation of environmental factors were determined in the study area in the analysis of univ and multiv logistic regression in explanatory factors including the proximity of the house to mosquito breeding site, current use of long-lasting insecticidal treated nets (LLINs), types of material from which the roof of the house was made, the sources of drinking water, and educational status of the head of the households (HHs) have been determined that they were significantly associated (p <0.05) with malaria. However, locality (kebeles) sex, age group and marital status of the patient, number of family size, presence of hole on the wall of the house and spray of insecticidal chemicals in the house were not significantly associated, with mRDT in the study area. The age group of 11 to 20 years was found significantly infected than those in reference group (0-10) years (P<0.05). | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://etd.aau.edu.et/handle/123456789/23446 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Addis Ababa University | en_US |
| dc.subject | Indoor Residual Spraying | en_US |
| dc.subject | Long-Lasting Net | en_US |
| dc.subject | Mrdt | en_US |
| dc.subject | Malaria | en_US |
| dc.subject | Prevalence | en_US |
| dc.subject | Abe Dongoro | en_US |
| dc.title | Clinical Malaria Prevalence and the Associated Risk Factors in Abe Dongoro District, Oromia Region, West Ethiopia | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |