Prevalence and risk factors associated with malaria jnfection among patients attending selected health facilities in Hong, Adamawa State

Abstract

ABSTRACT

Malaria remains a major public health concern, having historically claimed the lives of millions, especially among children under five and pregnant women. It is a potentially fatal illness caused by parasites, transmitted to humans through the bites of infected female Anopheles mosquitoes.This research focuses on the prevalence of malaria among patients attending key health institutions in Hong (Federal Medical Center Hong, General Hospital and Honorable Hassan Burguma Maternity and Clinic Hong) through a community-based cross-sectional approach. The study randomly selected 300 individuals across three facilities: Federal Medical Center Hong, General Hospital Hong, and Honorable Hassan. Direct microscopy was employed in this study using parasitological standard procedures. The study utilized structured questionnaires to obtain information from participants.The study showed that 208 subjects were positive for Malaria Infection out of 300 sample, overall malaria prevalence of 69.33% recorded during this study. Prevalence of Malaria Infection was highly significant (p<0.05) observation have shown that the prevalence is very high, which implies that study area is high-risk of malaria Infection, it could be attributed to sleeping not under insecticide treated net (ITN), proximal to breeding site of mosquitoes (≤/km), Malaria infection concerning age, the age 21-30 years have the highest prevalence (16%) while range age 71 and above have the lowest prevalence (1.67%).