Prevalence and Associated Risk Factors of Malaria in North-Western Ethiopia

Abstract

BACKGROUND

Malaria is one of the most distributed human parasitic diseases ranking first in terms of its socioeconomic and public health importance in the tropical and subtropical regions of the world. It is prevalent in tropical and subtropical countries and becomes a challenge to a highly endemic area of Africa including Ethiopia. In Ethiopia, due to the variation in geography and ecology, the transmission of malaria is highly variable. This study aimed to provide the current prevalence of malaria, the segment of the population affected, and to identify the risk factors that aggravate malaria transmission.