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. 2020 Dec 8:13:4379-4387.
doi: 10.2147/IDR.S284281. eCollection 2020.

Trends of Malaria Morbidity and Mortality from 2010 to 2017 in Bale Zone, Ethiopia: Analysis of Surveillance Data

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Trends of Malaria Morbidity and Mortality from 2010 to 2017 in Bale Zone, Ethiopia: Analysis of Surveillance Data

Falaho Sani Kalil et al. Infect Drug Resist. .

Abstract

Background: Malaria is the major public health problem in sub-Saharan Africa, including Ethiopia. Ongoing malaria surveillance data analysis is useful for assessing incidences, trends over time, and evaluating the effectiveness of malaria prevention and control programs.

Objective: To describe trends in malaria morbidity and mortality from 2010 to 2017 using surveillance data in Bale zone, Southeast Ethiopia.

Methods: A retrospective study was conducted. Data were extracted from a public health emergency management surveillance database of Bale zonal health department. Data were entered into Microsoft office Excels worksheet 2016 and analyzed using Epi info version 7.2 software. Descriptive statistics was employed to calculate frequencies and percentages of malaria cases, trends of malaria transmission in terms of years, plasmodium species, gender, age, geographical and seasonal distribution. Malaria morbidity were assessed using the incidence rate of malaria cases per 1,000 population at risk and analyzed by year.

Results: A total of 16,465 malaria cases were reported over 8 years. Of these, 10,986 (66.7%) were confirmed cases by microscopy/rapid diagnostic test. The majority of the cases, 82.2%, were reported among the >5 years age group and 62.9% were males. The overall 8 years average annual incidence was 3.1 cases/1,000 population at risk. There was an increase in incidence by 26% between 2010-2012, then a fall by 85% from 2012-2014, with another increaseby 52% from 2014-2017. The majority of the confirmed cases (81.5%) were due to Plasmodium falciparum species. The overall 8 years average annual death rate from malaria was 0.15/100,000 population.

Conclusion: Even though a substantial reduction in morbidity and mortality of malaria was achieved, the possibility of observing severe cases was higher in the study area. Hence, the prevention and control program should be sustained and adjusted to address Plasmodium falciparum species.

Keywords: Bale zone; Southeast Ethiopia; incidence; malaria; morbidity; mortality; trend.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare that they have no competing interests.

Figures

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Figure 1
Trends of annual incidence of malaria from 2010 to 2017 in Bale zone, Southeast Ethiopia.
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Figure 2
Trends of malaria cases by plasmodium parasite from 2010 to 2017 in Bale zone, Southeast Ethiopia.
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Figure 3
Trends of test positivity rate of confirmed malaria cases from 2010 to 2017 in Bale zone, Southeast Ethiopia.
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Figure 4
Mean annual incidence of malaria by Woredas/districts in Bale zone from 2010 to 2017, Southeast Ethiopia.
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Figure 5
Annual incidence of malaria by age group from 2010 to 2017 in Bale zone, Southeast Ethiopia.
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Figure 6
Seasonal distribution of malaria from 2010 to 2017 in Bale zone, Southeast Ethiopia.

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