A Six Years (2016 – 2021) Trend of Malaria Prevalence in Gidami General Hospital, Western Ethiopia
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Gidami General Hospital, Gidami District, Malaria Prevalence, Malaria TrendAbstract
This study aims to assess the trend of malaria cases at Gidami General Hospital (GGH) during a six-year period. Malaria case trends from 2016–2021, as recorded in the hospital's log book, are the subject of this study. According to the results, there were 401 malaria cases in 2016, 701 in 2017, 61 in 2018, 45 in 2019, 37 in 2020, and 29 in 2021 at GGH. The highest recorded number of malaria cases was 701 (55.02%) in 2017, while the lowest was 29 (2.28%) in 2021. Malaria cases have generally been declining over the past six years, with the notable exception of 2017, when the number of cases spiked dramatically. While P. vivax was the second most common plasmodium parasite tested for in this region, P. falciparum was the most common. Significantly more people in the 26-35 age bracket were impacted than those in the 18-25, over-36, and under-18 age brackets. The prevalence of malaria was higher in males than in females. Longitudinal studies of active malaria cases in the community based on house-to-house contact are crucial for understanding the disease's temporal and spatial distribution and for organising treatments in the research setting.
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