PREVALENCE OF MALARIA PARASITE AND ITS ASSOCIATED RISK FACTORS AMONG PATIENTS ATTENDING AT AVEGA NTARAMA HEATH CENTRE,

Abstract

This research was directed to Prevalence Of Malaria Parasite And Its Associated Risk Factors among patients attending at AvegaNtarama health centre, eastern rwanda. The The general objective of the study was to assess the extent malarial load among malaria infected patients attending at AvegaNtarama Heath Centre. The Specific objectives of this study are (1)to identify malaria parasite to species level among patient attending at AvegaNtarama Heath Centre.(2)to determine the most prevalent plasmodium species among patient attending at AvegaNtarama Health Centr,(3)to identify associated risk factors related to malaria species among patients attending at AvegaNtarama Heath Centre. The study adopted a retrospective cross-sectional study design with quantitative approach. The study were included total population of 400 and sample size of 400 patients attending at AvegaNtarama health centre. Secondary data from June to December 2020,were used and questionnaire to assess the risk factors. Data analysis was performed using the statistical package for social sciences (SPSS) software, version 20 The result found show that the prevalence of malaria parasite into the all patients attending Avegantarama health center 90(22.5%) and also It reveals that the most prevalent plasmodium species is Falciparum with 50 (55.6 %), followed by ovale species with 17 (18.9%), vivax with 14 (15.6%), malariae, 9 (10%) and then the nonrelated species is knowlesi with 0 (0%) among the patients in the area under study. The risk factors associated with malaria in patients under study were stagnant water sites near the home, overnight staying outdoors and bush. This decision has been set due to the facts that the corresponding p-value associated to the Chi-square statistics of these factors is all less than the cutoff (5%). That is, for the Stagnant water sites near the home χ² (394) = 52.703, p-value=0.02 , Overnight Staying outdoors χ² (396) = 67.09, p-value=0.043 and Bush sites near the home χ² (389) =78.09, p-value=0.01 . We conclude that AvegaNtarama Heath Centre should improve the ways of covering Malaria Species parasite.The results show does not reduce the risk of malaria incidence during patients this Study they have to take majors to prevent malaria parasite. We recommend ministry of health to give fund for education researches and invest money in further research with more time in all regions of Rwanda to determine the prevalence of malaria Species and associated risk factors. Many trainings should be given to community health care workers on how to do follow up to all Person.