Trend Analysis of Malaria Prevalence in Bati District, Northeastern Ethiopia (From 2015 to 2020): A Retrospective Study

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Abstract Background: Malaria is the leading cause of morbidity and mortality in developing country including Ethiopia. Ethiopia is one of on ways to minimize the incidence of malaria by 40% as per its 2020 malaria reduction strategy since 2016. Thus, this study aimed to analyze six-year trend analysis of malaria prevalence in Bati district, Northeastern Ethiopia.Methods: Institutional based retrospective study was conducted to determine six-year trend analysis of malaria prevalence in Bati district. All malaria cases reported from 2015 to 2020 were carefully reviewed by trained laboratory technologist from the laboratory record books of Bati hospital and health center.Results: A total of 84,269 and 22,185 of malaria suspected patients were requested for blood films and Rapid diagnostic test (RDT) respectively. Of this, 12,032 (11.3%) malaria cases were microscopically confirmed. Plasmodium falciparum were the most dominant parasites detected, which accounted 57.6 %. Malaria has been reported from all age groups; however, age distribution showed that the majority of cases were adults’ age 15 years (57.2%). Even though there was fluctuation of malaria prevalence in the study area, the highest peak of malaria cases was reported during summer season which accounted 47.2%.Conclusion: Malaria is still a major public health problem in Bati district and the overall trend of total confirmed malaria cases were decreased in the past six years (2015–2020) with exception slightly increased cases from 2015 to 2016. Therefore, government, all healthcare workers and community should strengthen and scale up malaria prevention and control strategies in the study area

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