Prevalence of Malaria Among Infants

CYPRUS INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY
INSTITUTE OF GRADUATE STUDIES AND RESEARCH

Bioengineering Department
THE PREVALENCE OF MALARIA PARASITIC INFECTION

AMONG INFANTS IN THE NSAWAM MUNICIPALITY DURING
THE RAINING SEASON
(MA. Thesis)
EBENEZER KWABENA GYAN
Nicosia – 2019


AMONG INFANTS IN THE NSAWAM MUNICIPALITY DURING
THE RAINING SEASON
(MA. Thesis)
Nicosia – 2019


AMONG INFACTS IN THE NSAWAM MUNICIPALITY DURING
THE RAINING SEASON
(MA. Thesis)
Supervisor
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Hatice Erkurt
Nicosia – 2019

THESIS APPROVAL CERTIFICATE
The thesis study of Bioengineering Department graduate student EBENEZER KWABENA GYAN
with student number 20167822 titled the prevalence of malaria parasitic infection among
infants in the Nsawam Municipality during the raining season has been approved with
unanimity / majority of votes by the jury and has been accepted as a Masters in Bioengineering
Thesis.
Jury Member Signature
Thesis Supervisor
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Hatice ERKURT ……………….
Member
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Sifa DOGAN ...…………….. ..
Member
Asst. Prof. Dr. Nahit RIZANER ………………...
Director of the Institute
…………………….
DECLARATION
Name and Surname: EBENEZER KWABENA GYAN
The Title of Dissertation: THE PREVALENCE OF MALARIA

PARASITIC INFECTION AMONG
INFANTS IN THE NSAWAM
MUNICIPALITY DURING THE RAINING
SEASON
Supervisor(s): Assoc. Prof. Dr. Hatice ERKURT
Year: JULY 2020
I hereby declare that all information in this document has been obtained and presented in accordance
with academic rules and ethical conduct. I also declare that, as required by these rules and conduct, I
have fully cited and referenced all material and results that are not original to this work.
I hereby declare that the Cyprus International University, Institute of Graduate Studies and Research is
allowed to store and make available electronically the present Dissertation.
Date: __________________
Signature: __________________
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
My abundant gratitude goes to my supervisor Assoc. Prof. Dr. Hatice ERKURT for being very gentle
and encouraging in my work. I also acknowledge my fellow students and lecturers for their help.
I would also like to say a big thank you to my Parents Mr. Isaac Kwame Gyan and Mrs. Elizabeth
Quaye, who have been my support system all through my study. I also want to thank my lovely siblings
Sandiford Isaac Gyan, Maxwell Gyan, Patience Gyan and Regina Gyan who supported me all through
with encouraging words and prayer. Finally, I want to express my gratitude to my lovely half-blood
Barbara Janisiewicz, numerous friends and colleagues, thank you for your help and support.
To my outstanding laboratory working colleague Mr. Ezekiel Ebenezer Buabeng and Dr. Samuel
Tsibuah Assumang my pleasure for having you on board with hardworking.
ABSTRACT
Background: The burden of malaria in mobile populations is still less documented in sub-Saharan
Africa. This study determined the prevalence of malaria among the remote areas of a mining
community Nsawam in the Eastern of Ghana where most of the inhabitants were farmers.
Method: A cross-sectional study using a consecutive sampling method between June and July 2019
which was during the raining season in Ghana. Malaria RDTs and blood sample approximately 10uL
collected from each participant during the field test study at the Nsawam Adoajiri hospital and prepared
questionnaires containing open ended in the form of probing questions and closed-ended questions
were used to interview the participants.
Results: The study was a descriptive cross-sectional study. With a population of 172, 522, and an
estimated 20% of the study population, 162 sample size was determined using SPSS Statistical Data
Analyzer software. The Prevalence rate of 35% and a margin of 5% error and a power of 95%
confidence interval. In reference to the 162 respondents, both health and non-health official. The age
population constitutes 114 infants which form 70% and 48 adults accounted for 30% respectively of the
population which engaged through the exercise. At end of the test, 61.7% of the participant's
population recorded as positive to malaria test by malaria RDT test conducted and were mainly
children, whereas 38.3% of the test results were recorded negative and invalid to malaria plasmodium
parasitic test. Moreover, 101 of the respondents constituting 62.3% had no formal education, 30
respondents constituting 18.5% had primary education, 10 (6.17%) had secondary education and 21
(12.9%) had the highest form of education. 110 (67.9%) of the respondents use orthodox medicine
either prescribed by a medical assistant or bought from the pharmacy. About 52 (32.1%) use herbal
medicine.
Conclusion: The examination uncovers that the significant reasons for intestinal sickness are
unsanitary practices which incorporate; ill-advised removal of mined site, weeds stale water in jars and
canals, and obliviousness as far as less exposure on jungle fever. That is, the majority of the occupants
don't know about the causes and avoidances of malaria. In conclusion, government and different
foundations, for example, non-administrative organizations should make it their definitive point of
publicizing the consciousness of jungle fever, subsequently, it causes, impacts, treatment, and
anticipation.
Keywords: Rapid Diagnostic test; Malaria; Sub-Saharan Africa.

TABLE OF CONTENTS
TOC \o "1-3" \h \z \u HYPERLINK \l "_Toc51828474" DECLARATION PAGEREF
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HYPERLINK \l "_Toc51828475" ACKNOWLEDGEMENT PAGEREF

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HYPERLINK \l "_Toc51828476" ABSTRACT PAGEREF

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HYPERLINK \l "_Toc51828477" TABLE OF CONTENTS PAGEREF

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HYPERLINK \l "_Toc51828478" LIST OF FIGURES PAGEREF

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HYPERLINK \l "_Toc51828479" LIST OF TABLES PAGEREF

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HYPERLINK \l "_Toc51828480" ABBREVIATIONS PAGEREF

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HYPERLINK \l "_Toc51828481" CHPATER ONE PAGEREF

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HYPERLINK \l "_Toc51828482" INTRODUCTION PAGEREF

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HYPERLINK \l "_Toc51828483" 1.1 Background PAGEREF

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HYPERLINK \l "_Toc51828484" 1.2 Problem Statement PAGEREF

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HYPERLINK \l "_Toc51828485" 1.3 Research Objectives PAGEREF

_Toc51828485 \h 3
HYPERLINK \l "_Toc51828486" 1.4 Research Question PAGEREF
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HYPERLINK \l "_Toc51828487" 1.5 Conceptual Framework PAGEREF

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HYPERLINK \l "_Toc51828488" 1.6 Assumptions PAGEREF

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HYPERLINK \l "_Toc51828489" 1.7 Scope of the Study PAGEREF

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HYPERLINK \l "_Toc51828490" CHAPTER TWO PAGEREF

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HYPERLINK \l "_Toc51828491" LITERATURE REVIEW PAGEREF

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HYPERLINK \l "_Toc51828492" 2.1 Introduction PAGEREF

_Toc51828492 \h 5
HYPERLINK \l "_Toc51828493" 2.2 Global Burden of Disease PAGEREF

_Toc51828493 \h 6
HYPERLINK \l "_Toc51828494" 2.3 Human Related Factors PAGEREF

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HYPERLINK \l "_Toc51828495" 2.4 Knowledge on Malaria PAGEREF

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HYPERLINK \l "_Toc51828496" 2.5 Socio-Economic Factors PAGEREF

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HYPERLINK \l "_Toc51828497" 2.6 Environmental Factors/Climate PAGEREF

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HYPERLINK \l "_Toc51828498" 2.7 Causes of Malaria Parasites PAGEREF

_Toc51828498 \h 13
HYPERLINK \l "_Toc51828499" 2.8 Life Cycle of Plasmodium PAGEREF

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HYPERLINK \l "_Toc51828500" 2.9 Pathogenesis of Malaria PAGEREF

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HYPERLINK \l "_Toc51828501" 2.10 Genetic Resistance PAGEREF
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HYPERLINK \l "_Toc51828502" 2.11 Clinical Features PAGEREF

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HYPERLINK \l "_Toc51828503" 2.12 Diagnosis of Malaria PAGEREF

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HYPERLINK \l "_Toc51828504" 2.13 Prevalence, Incidence and Determinants of Malaria

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HYPERLINK \l "_Toc51828505" 2.14 Management of Malaria PAGEREF

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HYPERLINK \l "_Toc51828506" CHAPTER THREE PAGEREF

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HYPERLINK \l "_Toc51828507" METHODOLOGY PAGEREF

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HYPERLINK \l "_Toc51828508" 3.1 Material and Methods PAGEREF

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HYPERLINK \l "_Toc51828509" 3.2 Materials PAGEREF

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HYPERLINK \l "_Toc51828510" 3.3 Materials Required To Perform RDTs PAGEREF

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HYPERLINK \l "_Toc51828511" 3.4 Preparing To Perform the Test PAGEREF

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HYPERLINK \l "_Toc51828512" 3.5 Malaria RDT Procedure PAGEREF

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HYPERLINK \l "_Toc51828513" 3.6 Political Background PAGEREF

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HYPERLINK \l "_Toc51828514" 3.7 Geography PAGEREF

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HYPERLINK \l "_Toc51828515" 3.8 Study Design and Sample Size PAGEREF

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HYPERLINK \l "_Toc51828516" 3.9 Variables PAGEREF
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HYPERLINK \l "_Toc51828517" 3.9.1 Dependent variables PAGEREF

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HYPERLINK \l "_Toc51828518" 3.9.2 Independents variables PAGEREF

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HYPERLINK \l "_Toc51828519" 3.10 Data Collection and Tools PAGEREF

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HYPERLINK \l "_Toc51828520" 3.10.1 Data Processing and Analysis PAGEREF

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HYPERLINK \l "_Toc51828521" 3.11 Pre-Testing PAGEREF

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HYPERLINK \l "_Toc51828522" 3.12 Data Handling and Storage PAGEREF

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HYPERLINK \l "_Toc51828523" 3.13 Ethical Considerations PAGEREF

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HYPERLINK \l "_Toc51828524" 3.14 Limitation(s) Of the Study PAGEREF

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HYPERLINK \l "_Toc51828525" CHAPTER FOUR PAGEREF

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HYPERLINK \l "_Toc51828526" RESEARCH FINDINGS PAGEREF

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HYPERLINK \l "_Toc51828527" 4.1 Introduction PAGEREF

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HYPERLINK \l "_Toc51828528" 4.2 Malaria Prevalence PAGEREF

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HYPERLINK \l "_Toc51828529" 4.3 Causes of Malaria PAGEREF

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HYPERLINK \l "_Toc51828530" 4.4 Effects on Malaria Prevalence PAGEREF

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HYPERLINK \l "_Toc51828531" 4.5 Treatment and Prevention of Malaria PAGEREF
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HYPERLINK \l "_Toc51828532" 4.6 Health Official Responses PAGEREF

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HYPERLINK \l "_Toc51828533" 4.7 Case Processing PAGEREF

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HYPERLINK \l "_Toc51828534" 4.8 Age Group compared to Test Results PAGEREF

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HYPERLINK \l "_Toc51828535" 4.9 Occupation Compared To Test Results PAGEREF

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HYPERLINK \l "_Toc51828536" 4.10 Educational Level Compared To Test Results PAGEREF

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HYPERLINK \l "_Toc51828537" 4.11 Discussion PAGEREF

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HYPERLINK \l "_Toc51828538" CHAPTER FIVE PAGEREF

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HYPERLINK \l "_Toc51828539" SUMMARY, CONCLUSION, AND RECOMMENDATIONS

HYPERLINK \l "_Toc51828540" 5.1 Summary of Findings PAGEREF

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HYPERLINK \l "_Toc51828541" 5.2 Conclusion PAGEREF

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HYPERLINK \l "_Toc51828542" 5.3 Recommendations PAGEREF

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HYPERLINK \l "_Toc51828543" 5.4 Suggestions for Future Research PAGEREF

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HYPERLINK \l "_Toc51828544" APPENDIX PAGEREF

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HYPERLINK \l "_Toc51828545" QUESTIONAIRES PAGEREF

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HYPERLINK \l "_Toc51828546" APPENDIX 1 PAGEREF
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HYPERLINK \l "_Toc51828547" APPENDIX 2 PAGEREF

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HYPERLINK \l "_Toc51828548" REFERENCES PAGEREF

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LIST OF FIGURES
TOC \h \z \c "Figure" HYPERLINK \l "_Toc51026070" Figure 1 : Malaria RDT Test Kit PAGEREF
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HYPERLINK \l "_Toc51026071" Figure 2 : An Anopheles mosquito PAGEREF
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HYPERLINK \l "_Toc51026072" Figure 3 : Age group test results PAGEREF

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HYPERLINK \l "_Toc51026073" Figure 4 : Occupation Test Results PAGEREF

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HYPERLINK \l "_Toc51026074" Figure 5 : Educational Level Test Results PAGEREF

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HYPERLINK \l "_Toc51026075" Figure 6 : Anna Asamoah PAGEREF

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HYPERLINK \l "_Toc51026076" Figure 7 : Inpatient and mortality rates PAGEREF

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HYPERLINK \l "_Toc51026077" Figure 8 : Field staff at work Government Hospital, Nsawam Pregnant
women at ANC PAGEREF
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HYPERLINK \l "_Toc51026078" Figure 9 : Nsawam DHMT, Attendance at stakeholders’ workshop

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HYPERLINK \l "_Toc51026079" Figure 10 : Forest vegetation PAGEREF

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HYPERLINK \l "_Toc51026080" Figure 11 : Illegal mining activities PAGEREF

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HYPERLINK \l "_Toc51026081" Figure 12 : Damaging water bodies PAGEREF

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HYPERLINK \l "_Toc51026082" Figure 13 : Settlement not further away from mining sites
HYPERLINK \l "_Toc51026083" Figure 14 : Mining site PAGEREF

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LIST OF TABLES
TOC \h \z \c "Table" HYPERLINK \l "_Toc51026109" Table 1 : Sociodemographic Characteristics of
Participant during Questionnaires Analysis PAGEREF
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HYPERLINK \l "_Toc51026110" Table 2 : Education Background of Respondents PAGEREF

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HYPERLINK \l "_Toc51026111" Table 3 : Ages of Respondents PAGEREF

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HYPERLINK \l "_Toc51026112" Table 4 : Occupational of the Respondents PAGEREF

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HYPERLINK \l "_Toc51026113" Table 5 : Sex of the Respondents PAGEREF

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HYPERLINK \l "_Toc51026114" Table 6 : Prevalence of Malaria PAGEREF

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HYPERLINK \l "_Toc51026115" Table 7 : Response on the Causes of Malaria PAGEREF

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HYPERLINK \l "_Toc51026116" Table 8 : Response of Effect on Malaria PAGEREF

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HYPERLINK \l "_Toc51026117" Table 9 : Response on Treatment and Prevention of Malaria

HYPERLINK \l "_Toc51026118" Table 10 : Case Processing Summary PAGEREF

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HYPERLINK \l "_Toc51026119" Table 11 : Crosstab Age Group Compared To Test Results

HYPERLINK \l "_Toc51026120" Table 12 : Chi-Square Tests PAGEREF

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HYPERLINK \l "_Toc51026121" Table 13 : Crosstab Occupation test results PAGEREF

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HYPERLINK \l "_Toc51026122" Table 14 : Chi-Square occupation Tests PAGEREF

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HYPERLINK \l "_Toc51026123" Table 15 : Crosstab Educational level compared to Test results
HYPERLINK \l "_Toc51026124" Table 16 : Chi-Square Educational level Tests PAGEREF

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HYPERLINK \l "_Toc51026125" Table 18: RDT Test Results PAGEREF

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ABBREVIATIONS
WHO World Health Organization
TB Tuberculosis
OTSS Outreach Training and Supportive

Supervision
ACTs Artemisinin based combination therapies
OPD Out Patient Department
RDT Rapid Diagnostic Test
PITNs Permethrin insecticide treated nets
ITNs Insecticide treated nets

CHPATER ONE
INTRODUCTION
1.1 Background
Malaria parasitic infection positions among the noteworthy prosperity and improvement challenges
facing indisputably the least blessed economies. Endemic in ninety-one countries, speaking to
somewhat less than half of the absolute masses, wilderness fever impacts a normal three million
people. Notwithstanding the way that generally speaking treatable, malaria ailment is responsible for
more than a million passing for every year. In Sub-Saharan Africa, the most impacted area, intestinal
disorder related ailments slaughter one out of every twenty children underneath age five. For adults, the
passing rate is lower yet visit debilitating attacks decrease the individual fulfillment for steady
suffers(www.who/malaria.html). In the latest decade, the inescapability of intestinal affliction has been
elevating at an upsetting rate, especially in Africa. A normal 300-500 million cases each year cause 1.5
to 2.7 million passing over 90% of the passing are in adolescents under 5 years of age in Africa.
Intestinal ailment (9% of overall ailment inconvenience) positions third among major powerful ailment
risks in Africa after pneumococcal extreme respiratory maladies (3.5%) and tuberculosis (2.8%).
Intestinal disorder cases in Africa speak to around 90% of wilderness fever cases on the planet.
Someplace in the scope of 1994 and 1996, wilderness fever scourges in 14 countries of Sub-Saharan
Africa caused an inadmissibly high number of passing, various in zones already freed from the disease.
Young people and energetic adults are at present kicking the pail of outrageous sorts of the
contamination. The partial accomplishment of the demolition programs achieved a sharp spatial
combination of wilderness fever in tropical districts. Comparable regions in like manner experience the
evil impacts of a set diverse affliction related to the fiscal improvement stage Gallup and Sachs (1998a,
b), including intestinal ailments causes by contaminated water and adaptable disorders, for instance,
tuberculosis. As a mainly provincial parasitic disease sent by mosquito snack, intestinal affliction is
less immediately affected by improved urban disinfection and housing over the range of money related
new development; without a doubt, after the mistake of the obliteration tries, wilderness fever has now
and again been delineated as a generally unavoidable response of tropical regions. Intestinal disorder,
weakening overpowering disease depicted by chills, shaking, and irregular scenes of uncommon fever.
Realized by single-celled parasites of the assortment Plasmodium, malaria disorder is imparted from
individual to individual by the snack of female mosquitoes (www.malaria.org). Despite the way that
intestinal ailment was once no matter how you look at it in North America and other quiet areas, the
last critical scene of wilderness fever in North America occurred during the 1880s. The disease today
happens by and large in tropical and subtropical countries, particularly sub-Saharan Africa and
Southeast Asia. As demonstrated by the World Health Organization, wilderness fever is overwhelming
in excess of 100 countries. Consistently more than 300 million examples of intestinal ailment are
dissected, and more than 1.5 million kick the pail of the disease.
1.2 Problem Statement

Nsawam in the Eastern Region, one of Ghana’s ten administrative regions, has the highest prevalence
of malaria in the country. This is due to the fact that Nsawam has a lot of mineral resources which are
been exploited illegally which in turn leads to socio-economic underdevelopment issues. The dungeons
are left untamed and unattended and are being filled with rainwater during the raining season and this
moreover serves as a major breeding grounds for mosquitoes. This examination evaluates the models,
levels, and examples of intestinal affliction inescapability among inhabitants especially the infant kids
in this particular region of the region, and takes a gander at whether those at risk for wilderness fever
approach cautious measures and have convincing treatment for malaria disorder in Eastern Region. The
examination focused on the assistant assessment of data from the Nsawam bio-quantifiable office,
Nsawam, the territory's capital, improved by 2016, Ghana Demographic and Health Survey. The results
show that malaria cases are prevalent in the Nsawam, Adeiso, Teacher Matey, and Amasaman.
Surrounding areas that exist in the middle and southern belts acknowledge two blustery seasons that are
useful for the vector that causes intestinal affliction. The prevailing piece of the in-patients (41.5%) are
kids developed zero to five years, while the amount of the in steady cases overall decreases with
moving age concurring Ghana verifiable assistance and Ghana prosperity organization data assessment
on 2017 quantifiable extent, systems would end up being dynamically responsible for the improvement
of their prosperity status and individual fulfillment.
1.3 Research Objectives

The essential objective is to choose the normality of malaria parasitic infection among infants in the
Nsawam Municipality.
The specific objectives include:
To determine the causes of malaria parasite infection in Nsawam Municipality
To ascertain the effect of malaria parasite infection on the people living in this area
To identify the possible prevention methods of malaria parasite infection.
1.4 Research Question

What are the causes of malaria parasite infection in Nsawam?
How are the people affected by the incidence of malaria parasite infection in the district?
What are the possible prevention methods of malaria parasite infection?
1.5 Conceptual Framework

Malaria is an endemic disease in the Nsawam Area. Malaria parasitic infection is generally a human
reason malady. The applied structure in aides in seeing how intestinal sickness is the cause and its
impacts on the individuals of the survey territory. This reasonable structure uncovers that malaria
sickness is caused by helpless disinfection because of illicit mining. Stale water in these pits, canals,
and arranged ties. These territories fill in as reproducing places for the Anopheles mosquitoes. The
occupants while gnawing by these mosquitos' show side effects, for example, fever, chills, high
temperature, and migraine, thus intestinal sickness parasite diseases.
1.6 Assumptions
Malaria is a disease that is both preventable and curable.
The prevalence of malaria parasite infection has caused poverty
1.7 Scope of the Study

The examination made sure about the whole of the zone. It incorporated all the 21 towns; tenants,
assumption pioneers, and human administrations authorities in the district
CHAPTER TWO
LITERATURE REVIEW
2.1 Introduction
The results in findings by the study done by Nayyar et al (2006), suggested that malaria could be a
mosquito borne irresistible illness of individuals and different creatures led to parasitic protozoans (a
quite unicellular microorganism) of the kind Plasmodium. Usually, the malaria parasite is distributed
through a nibble from a tainted female anopheles mosquito, which presents the living beings from its
salivation into an individual's circulatory framework. In the blood, the artists travel to the liver to
develop and imitate, which later result in intestinal sickness that causes side effects that often
incorporate fever and cerebral pain, and may result in extreme cases advancing to unconsciousness or
passing. The disease is across the board in tropical and subtropical districts in an expansive band
around the equator, including quite a bit of Sub-Saharan Africa, Asia, and the Americas. Five kinds of
Plasmodium can taint and be sent by people, out and away most of the passing is led to by plasmodium
falciparum and plasmodium vivax, while plasmodium ovale and plasmodium parasitic sickness cause
an enormous milder style of malaria that's once during a while lethal. The zoonotic species
Plasmodium knowlesi, common in a geographic region, causes intestinal sickness in macaques yet can
likewise cause serious diseases in people. Intestinal sickness is predominant in tropical and subtropical
districts since precipitation, warm temperatures, and rancid waters give living spaces ideal to mosquito
hatching. Parasitic transmission is decreased by forestalling mosquito nibbles by utilizing mosquito
nets and creepy crawly anti-agents, or with mosquito-control measures such as splashing bug sprays
and depleting standing water. Malaria parasitic infection is generally analysed by the minute
assessment of blood utilizing blood films, or with antigen-based fast demonstrative tests. Modern
methods that utilization of the polymerase tie response to recognizing the parasite's DNA has likewise
been developed.
Moreover, these aren't broadly utilized in malaria-endemic regions due to their expense and
multifaceted nature. The globe Health Organization assessment in 2010 proves there have been two
hundred and nineteen million recorded instances of malaria. That year, the illness executed somewhere
within the range of 660,000 and 1.2 million individuals, huge numbers of whom were kids in Africa,
the zero number of passing isn't known with assurance, as exact information is inaccessible in
numerous country regions, and various cases are undocumented. Malaria is ordinarily connected with
destitution and will likewise be big prevention to the monetary turn of events. Notwithstanding a
desire, no compelling immunization exists, in spite of the very fact that endeavors to form one are
continuous. Some medications are accessible to forestall malaria in explorers to intestinal sickness
endemic nations (prophylaxis). An assortment of antimalarial drugs is accessible. Serious intestinal
sickness is treated with intravenous or intramuscular quinine or, since the mid-2000s, the artemisinin
subordinate artesunate, which is best than quinine within the two kids and grown-ups and is given in
blend with a second enemy of malarial, as an example, mefloquine. The opposition has created some
antimalarial drugs; for example, chloroquine safe P. falciparum has spread to most malarial regions,
and developing protection from artemisinin has become a problem in certain pieces of geographic area
(Nayyar, et al, 2006).
2.2 Global Burden of Disease

Malaria parasitic infection is considered the weightiest parasitic sullying in individuals. There are as
much as three-fifty to five hundred million clinical scenes for consistently around the globe and
remembering that most checks of mortality achieved by wilderness fever lie at around one million
expenditure for every year), a couple of calculations go as high as 3 million (Breman et al, 2004).
Essentially, these passing occurs in adolescents living in pernicious countries in sub-Saharan Africa
(Ukoli, 1990) where 25% of all young mortality underneath the age of five around 800,000 little
children is attributable malaria. Most of the adolescents who bear cerebral intestinal ailment, over 15%
persevere through neurological deficiencies (Schönfeld et al, 2007) which consolidate weakness,
spasticity, visual insufficiency, talk issues, and epilepsy. Where such adolescents are deficiently
directed and don't move toward explicit informational workplaces, these deficits may interfere with
future learning and progression Children more youthful than five years are all things considered raised
peril for intestinal affliction since they have not yet increased protective obstruction. People with semi-
opposition are tainted, anyway don't get an outrageous disease as a rule. In stable transmission zones,
children are made sure about by the IgM antibodies of their mother and through breastfeeding.
Following three months youths have a higher weakness for an illness with the parasite. In high
transmission zones, this time period goes on until the age of three to five years. In regions with an
incidental transmission, the period can latest 10 years. Without re-sickness, the obtained immunity can
evaporate rapidly (Eddleston et al. 2008). Plus, kids under five years of age experience the best
wilderness fever inconvenience since they are much of the time super-debased with various parasites
and moreover that they normally experience the evil impacts of dietary needs? These lead to a weaker
invulnerable system, which prompts higher powerlessness for wilderness fever. Also, a wilderness
fever pollution and sickly wellbeing are purposes behind a growing iron lack of inconvenience in
adolescents (Greenwood et al.1991).
2.3 Human Related Factors

There is a lot of information on wild fever-related foreboding and mortality in kids under five. (Menard
et al, 2010) suggested that, the danger of ailment and its sincerity is lower in the basic generally not
many critical bunches of life. Explanations behind this are versatile in any case clearly combine
transmission of monitored antibodies over the placenta, the vicinity of red cells containing HBF which
are unobtrusively invulnerable to intestinal pain sickness, chest managing and nonappearance of
introduction (Hviid, and Staalsoe T.2004). The careful impact of maternal checking administrator is no
doubt going to be less when sensible wild fever control is rehearsed and the general degree of intestinal
issue soiling spoils. In lower transmission settings clinical intestinal sickness is spread much more
broadly over the time of get-togethers. In such settings, word related issues may wind up being a more
significant need than age; this is particularly clear where mosquitoes which send wild fever nibble
outside away from residences. Forest laborers in south-east Asia are one example of this marvel
(Erhartet al, 2004). In these settings young grown-ups, particularly people might be more in danger
than adolescents; since they are the social affair everything considered hazard from being eaten by
backcountry staying vectors (Dysoley et al, 2008). Likewise, this data was kept up by an assessment
that was done in Kenya that investigated factors affecting the utilization of permethrin-treated bed nets
during a randomized controlled starter found that kids under five years old were more reluctant to
utilize nets showed up diversely according to the individual grown-ups (Alaii et al, 2003).
2.4 Knowledge on Malaria

Different assessments have investigated contrasts in data and reported prosperity searching for direct
among individuals. Most found either no qualification or those women had more confined dynamic and
budgetary ability to act? This was connected with dissatisfactions and deferrals in searching for
therapy, with differential cognizance of intestinal ailment among individuals, and differential
prosperity searching for direct. Women deferred searching for care until men were open, while men
were less prepared to spend on youth prosperity (Al-Taiar et al 2007 and Oberlander and Elverdan
2000). These qualifications are fundamental while considering the essential youth caring employment
of women and children’s extended shortcoming to intestinal disorder. Besides according to (Minja et
al., 2001), It was communicated that data, manner, and direct chips away at concerning wilderness
fever were seemed to affect the ITN ownership. Net belonging has moreover been related to the
informational degrees of nuclear family people. This is a snared relationship since educational
satisfaction can have an impact on an individual's ability to appreciate and get to information as for
intestinal affliction expectation systems. In Malawi, it was found that net ownership was more
surprising in nuclear families where the head/gatekeeper had not completed primary school and in
homes where the house had mud dividers or a grass housetop (Holtz et al., 2002). This is being
maintained by confirmation that educational achievement is connected with intestinal infection express
data and take-up of preventive measures. All together for the ITN transport program to succeed, the
data gaps, practices and points of view that may unfavourably affect the intercession take-up.
2.5 Socio-Economic Factors

The financial status of the structure has an immediate bearing on the issue of wild fever. Remissness
and crushed conditions of people add to making source and spread of wild fever and square sickness
control methodology (Collins et al, 1997&Yadav et al., 1999). Monetary unbalanced characteristics in
zones, for instance, the control of nuclear family resources other than influence approval to ITNs. In
one evaluation in Benin, various women explained that since they were monetarily destitute upon their
life associates, they couldn't endure an ITN for themselves and their youngsters close to if their life
accomplices filtered through the use of bed nets(Krause G, et al 2000). The examination equivalently
revealed that when women earned compensation and had control over this compensation, they were
comprehensively more conceivable than men to purchase an ITN for their household, (Krause G, et al
2000) likewise observes that intestinal pollution upsets fundamentally poverty-stricken individuals,
who will all around live in homes that recommend almost zero-affirmation against mosquitoes. Also,
(Brown, 1997) saw that the continuation of coldblooded gloom and longing in a significant portion of
the world is in certainty associated with huge proportions of silly going from malaria burden. An audit
in Zambia similarly found a basically higher unavoidability of wild fever sickness among the least
blessed people's social gatherings. In addition, feeble families with little changing and flexible cut off
centres are particularly influenced by wild fever. Nuclear families can be obliged to sell their food
harvests to deal with the cost of treatment. Depleting nuclear family resources and prompting widened
food needs, obligations, and criticalness for the least respected families. The costs of wild fever are
especially upset, with the less regarded nuclear families spending an on a major level further degree of
their compensation on the treatment of intestinal sickness than their least unprotected partners. In
Ghana, both brief and devious costs identified with a wild fever scene address a colossal weight on
more wretched nuclear families. An evaluation found that while the cost of intestinal weight care was
just one percent of the pay of the rich, it was 34 percent of the compensation of powerless families.
This is being kept up by an evaluation that was done on the usage of ITNs whereby it was starting late
respected that a net treated with bug shower offers fundamentally clearer certification against wild
fever. Sadly, the business cost of nets and bug sprinkle is past the most stunning compensation parties
of the people. In nuclear families where the head earned a more significant than basic compensation,
the use of business methods (mosquito circles, bug poison sprinkle, bed nets) was more customary. The
utilization of reasonable and less profitable, normal techniques (gobbling up leaves, compost, or wood)
was related to lower pay. Word related and social stands separated apparently from undertaking
practices inclined to prompt wild fever transmission; and when the intestinal malady is secured,
selection to thriving affiliations is more mixed and changes significantly across different social settings.
On the other hand, if a family simply has a one-bed net, the need may be given to the male head of the
nuclear family as he is as regularly as possible saw as the basic supplier. Before the ITNs experience
started in Bagamoyo, Tanzania, it was addressed that it was fundamentally the adult men who used the
nets, followed by women and young people under two who set down with their mothers, while senior
children were if all else fails the last to get entrance. ITN's openness and sensibility. The use of bug
sprinkles treated nets is at present considered one of the most significant frameworks for wild fever
want in uncommonly endemic zones Tanzania being joined together. This has been bored through the
free spread of dependable insecticidal nets (ITNs) that has been gone through campaigns, general
thriving workplaces, demanding affiliations, and non-conclusive affiliations (NGOs) with the target of
achieving expansive access for the in-peril masses of children under age five and pregnant women. The
utilization of ITNs in Tanzania has widened incredibly all through the late years. Appraisals show that
the degree of families inside any occasion one untreated net has loosened up from 14% in 2001 to 58%
in 2005.ITNs wire is surveyed to have shown up at 63% of families with at any rate one ITN and 25%b
and 26% of children under five and pregnant were openly resting under an ITN. Regardless, more
effort is relied on to also make this to show up at the exhaustively agreed purpose of a combination.
This was other than kept up by which uncovered that ITNs decrease human contact with ruined
mosquitoes and have been demonstrated to be a convincing wild fever balance measure. Regardless of
the concise ideal circumstance to the individual, ITNs use offers a protective bit of room for the entire
structure (Teklehaimonot et al., 2007). Studies examining ITN’s ampleness propose a massive
diminishing in wild fever scenes. At whatever point used all around, ITNs could demolish ordinarily
7% of the worldwide under-five mortality. The UNICEF avows that under-five passing rates could be
reduced by around 25-30% if every single youth in wild fever endemic territories were guaranteed
about by treated bed nets around night time. This was other than appeared by review which shows the
believability of ITNs in both solid and faulty transmission zones whereby it was recorded the boundless
usage of ITNs achieved an overall lessening in mortality of 19 percent, guaranteed about against
whiteness, and basically influenced delicate ailment scenes. Another epic growth ordinary appraisal in
Tanzania found that ITNs and untreated nets diminished mortality of wrecks with one month to four
years, with protective efficacies of 27 and 19 percent, exclusively. Tendency et al wrote in 2006 that
paying little mind to these undertakings and its sensibility, only 3% of African youngsters rest under
these treated nets while for all intents and purposes 20% rest under some other kind of nets. This, at
any rate, may address the high pace of mortality among kids as a result of intestinal torture and its
related issues. Disregarding the insistence that the usage of ITNs diminishes intestinal misery related
repulsiveness and mortality, the use of ITNs in sub-Saharan Africa remains ordinarily low.
2.6 Environmental Factors/Climate

Malaria parasitic contamination is tended to by relentless brand name factors, which influence its
assignment, peculiarity, and transmission power (snow et al,1999). The air and customary conditions
inconceivably influence the transmission and rehash of intestinal pain, by affecting on a very basic
level the wealth and ingenuity of vectors and parasites, what's more presentation of individuals and
various hosts. The hugest normal factors for intestinal disarray transmission have to do with conditions
for Anopheles mosquito bringing and continuation water up in which they can raise, and least
temperatures and industriousness to allow them to hold up under long enough for the vector season of
the parasite's life cycle to be done routinely around ten days. These parts are affected by means of air,
equivalently as by topography and soil conditions, spillage, vegetation spread, land use, and water all
of which move uncommonly depending on neighbourhoods’ conditions. In this way, changes in the
environment and land use, for instance, water the managers, cultivating, urbanization, and deforestation
can impel tremendous extensions or decreases intestinal unrest transmission, subordinate upon
neighbourhood settings. Some agrarian practices empower the spread of vector-borne ailments. Plus,
the proximity of cows in untidy zones achieves the creation of impressions that conceivably offer ideal
conditions for mosquito duplicating. Inside man-made wild fever, notwithstanding the development of
non-immunes to endemic zones, the hugest consequences for transmission are likely rehearsed by water
resource progress and land-use change. Human change in accordance with the earth moreover can
make larval improvement fights and malaria infection (Denise et al, 2003). This may especially be
valid for man-made wild fever in which man by his making activity or some other improvement may
make the conditions which suit mosquito replicating and careful measures may be broadly scattered.
The indisputable confirmation of markers of intestinal tainting rate could give a solid method for seeing
networks for the intervention of fake wild fever ( Ghebreyesus et al.,2000) . Additionally, the
Utilization of ITNs has, notwithstanding, been found to change with Binka et al showed seasons and
propriety of the nets concerning measure, camouflaging, and shape. That the season during which the
nets are passed on impacts use. Malaria control structures need to consider how changing trademark
conditions may be identified with new development or lessening intestinal issue transmission. The
openings exist for joining standard affiliation mediations into vector control structures to diminish
intestinal ailment credibility.
2.7 Causes of Malaria Parasites

Malaria parasitic infection disease is tended to by wearisome brand name factors, which influence its
assignment, peculiarity, and transmission power. The air and standard conditions extraordinarily
influence the transmission and rehash of intestinal misery, by affecting on a very basic level the wealth
and persistence of vectors and parasites, what's more presentation of individuals and various hosts. The
hugest normal factors for intestinal disarray transmission have to do with conditions for Anopheles
mosquito bringing and continuation water up in which they can raise, and least temperatures and
diligence to allow them to hold up under long enough for the vector season of the parasite's life cycle to
be done routinely around ten days. These segments are affected through the air, similarly as by
geography and soil conditions, spillage, vegetation spread, land use, and water all of which move
phenomenally depending on neighbourhoods’ conditions. Accordingly, changes in the environment and
land use, for instance, water the managers, cultivating, urbanization, and deforestation can incite
enormous developments or decreases intestinal strife transmission, subordinate upon neighbourhood
settings. Some agrarian practices empower the spread of vector-borne ailments. Moreover, the
closeness of bovines in untidy zones achieves the creation of impressions that possibly offer ideal
conditions for mosquito duplicating. Inside man-made wild fever regardless of the development of non-
immunes to endemic zones, the hugest repercussions for transmission are likely drilled by water
resource progress and land-use change. Human change in accordance with the earth similarly can make
larval improvement fights and intestinal sickness ( Denise et al.,2003). This may especially be
legitimate for man-made wild fever in which man by his making activity or some other improvement
may make the conditions which suit mosquito duplicating and careful measures may be broadly
scattered. The unquestionable confirmation of markers of intestinal pollution rate could give a solid
strategy for seeing networks for the mediation of fake wild fever (Ghebreyesus et al., 2000). In
addition, the Utilization of ITNs has, notwithstanding, been found to change with Binka et al showed
seasons and fittingness of the nets concerning check, masking, and shape. That the season during which
the nets are passed on impacts use. Ninety-nine percent of the mosquito net were found to use the nets
during the stormy season, while only twenty percent used it during dry season this was shown by an
assessment which was done in Burkina Faso of which articulated a lessened use of bed nets during the
dry season on account of a reasonable lower threat of mosquito snack and the appearing of resting
outside. Wild fever control structures need to consider how changing trademark conditions may be
identified with new development or decreasing intestinal issue transmission. Openings exist for joining
standard affiliation intercessions into vector control structures to diminish intestinal infection
credibility.
2.8 Life Cycle of Plasmodium

A wide level of wild fever parasitic pollution has an indistinct life cycle. Sporozoites, the convincing
kind with respect to the wild fever parasite, are blended into a human host through the spit of an
Anopheles mosquito. These sporozoites enter the liver cells rapidly, take on another structure, and
development. Completely when the liver cells break, blood-stage parasites known as merozoites are
passed on. Every merozoite attacks a red platelet, and for two days duplicates into more merozoites.
The red platelet stacked with merozoites breaks to pass on more merozoites. It is this period of the
closeness cycle that causes sickness and, reliably, pounding. A couple of merozoites change into the
structure called gametocytes, which don't cause defilement, at any rate, stay in the blood until they are
cleared by drugs or the flourishing framework, or taken up by the nibble of a mosquito. In the
mosquito's stomach, a "male" gametocyte prepares a "female" to shape an egg, or oocyst, which
structures into endless sporozoites that swim to the mosquito's salivary organs to be blended into
another human at the going with eating (Gallup, 2000).
2.9 Pathogenesis of Malaria

In the human population, the malaria plasmodium parasite is cultivated by four kinds of plasmodium
protozoa (unicellular parasites) plasmodium falciparum, plasmodium vivax, and plasmodium ovale,
and plasmodium malariae. Of these species' Plasmodium falciparum addresses a huge section of
defilements and is the least secure. A few assessments have been done on different pieces of the
disease, from parasitology to finding a fix with drugs (chemotherapy) and to demolition of the ailment
by the use of bug sprinkle treated net and loathsome minimal creature harms. Rashed drove an
evaluation that was made arrangements for picking the effect of Permethrin bug shower treated nets
(PITN) use on the pace of febrile scenes and non-nuclear family intestinal sullying costs in Benin. The
assessment found that the usage of PITNs diminished the threat of making wild fever by 34% in kids in
the typical locales; by then, PITN use didn't decrease want and treatment costs. Examining this, the
treatment of fevers as an intestinal illness with chloroquine isn't, by and by satisfactory considering the
way that the plasmodium falciparum had security from chloroquine. According to the evaluation, the
abilities in the endemicity of wild fever that existed between the various bits of the town must be
viewed as near the characteristic and financial factors that underlie while anticipating appraisal of
potential control strategies. The social hazard for wild fever in the Machodinho resettlement area in the
Amazonian woods of Brazil was studied (Castilla and Sawyer 1993). Assessment of the appraisal
suggested that money related status and data on the imperativeness and lead of the mosquito in giving
intestinal illness are beast parts in picking impact peril free of whether preventive security endeavors,
for example, dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane showering of houses and tidying of vector raising
reactions are to endeavor in the endemic regions. In any case, the experts found that a higher cash
related status gave indications of progress data on the vector, and DDT sprinkling of houses lessened
the risk of ruining. They suggested that significantly more sure repercussions are that control programs
must work harder and impressively more truly considering a genuine concern for less regarded people
especially voyagers to decrease the disease trouble for them. Sharma and associates examined the
budgetary factors similar to the human direct towards intestinal unrest on cross-area of the locale in
India. They fought that poor monetary status and socio-social areas foresee a fundamental activity in
keeping up the genuine degree of intestinal pain transmission. It was discovered that human practices,
for instance, the zone of spaces, sort of intestinal tainting gave, resting affinities, and outside practices
after sunset, frail data about the suffering, and treatment searching for lead are of stunning importance
as determinants of jungle fever parasitic disease transmission. Malaria parasitic infection is furthermore
a gigantic issue in Papua New Guinea as it tends to a certifiable degree of torture and end. This is
thinking about the path that regardless of human torture, it moreover put guaranteed trouble on the
accomplishment of workplaces and doubtlessly ruins monetary unexpected turn of events. It has been
suggested that an intestinal enduring neutralizer would be ideal, all things considered, balanced, and
safe general prospering measure to diminish the hugeness of wild fever battle that the authentic risk
introduced by the spread of prescription safe wild fever in Africa has been ordinarily observed.
Chloroquine safe wild fever is clearly in a general sense broad and immune to substitution calm,
sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine (SP) is growing rapidly. If the subject of the expense of treatment isn't
practically paid special mind to this could incite unfavorable results from the sending of blended
treatment as a first-line treatment. The hostile effect of excessive therapy ranges from the augmentation
in delays in sabotaged individuals acclimating themselves with the social protection workplaces for
therapy to evasion of the most loathsome intestinal disorder mishaps from getting treatment by far.
2.10 Genetic Resistance

As per a 2005 survey, because of the significant levels of mortality and dismalness brought about by
jungle fever particularly the P. falciparum species it has set the best particular weight on the human
genome in late history. A few hereditary components give some protection from it including sickle cell
quality, thalassemia attributes, glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase insufficiency, and the
nonattendance of Duffy antigens on red platelets (Kwiatkowski, 2005). The effect of sickle cell
characteristics on jungle fever insusceptibility outlines a portion of the developmental compromises
that have happened due to endemic intestinal sickness. Sickle cell quality causes a deformity in the
hemoglobin atom in the blood. Rather than holding the biconcave state of an ordinary red platelet, the
changed hemoglobin particles make the cell sickle or twist into a bent shape. Because of the sickle
shape, the particle isn't as viable in taking or delivering oxygen. The disease makes red cells sickle
more, thus they are expelled from dissemination sooner. This decreases the recurrence with which
intestinal sickness parasites complete their life cycle in the cell. Homozygous people (with two
duplicates of the unusual hemoglobin beta allele have sickle-cell paleness, while the individuals who
are heterozygous (with one strange allele and one typical allele) experience protection from jungle
fever. Although the shorter future for those with the homozygous condition would not support the
characteristic's endurance, the attribute is safeguarded due to the advantages gave by the heterozygous
structure (Kwiatkowski, 2005).
2.11 Clinical Features

The signs and symptoms of the malaria parasite ordinarily start eight to twenty-five days following
infection; nevertheless, indications may happen later in the people who have acknowledged
antimalarial solutions as balance. Initial signs of the disease normal to all intestinal affliction species
resemble flu-like indications and can look like changed conditions, for instance, septicaemia,
gastroenteritis, and viral ailments. The presentation may fuse headache, fever, shivering, joint torture,
heaving, and haemolytic whiteness, and jaundice, haemoglobin in the pee, retinal mischief, and
seizures. The extraordinary indication of intestinal ailment is ejection a redundant occasion of the
unexpected sub-zero condition followed by shivering and subsequently fever and sweating, happening
as expected (tertian fever) in P. vivax and P. ovale pollutions, and at standard stretches (quartan fever)
for P. malariae. P. falciparum sickness can cause tedious fever each 36–48 hours or a less verbalized
and endless fever. The genuine intestinal ailment is ordinarily achieved by P. falciparum (normally
suggested as falciparum wilderness fever). Symptoms of falciparum intestinal disorder develop 9 to 30
days after infection. Individuals with cerebral wilderness fever normally show neurological
appearances, including irregular presenting, nystagmus, conjugate look loss of motion (disillusionment
of the eyes to turn together with a comparable way), opisthosomas, seizures, or daze like state (Sachs,
2001).
2.12 Diagnosis of Malaria

Inferable from the dark idea of the introduction of signs, confirmation of intestinal pain in non-endemic
zones requires an authentic level of vulnerability, which may be charged by any of the going with: late
travel history, escalated spleen, fever, low number of platelets in the blood, and higher-than-standard
degrees of bilirubin in the blood got along with a typical degree of white platelets. Malaria parasitic
infection is all things considered affirmed by the minuscule evaluation of blood films or by antigen-
based quick unmistakable tests. Microscopy is the most typically utilized technique to perceive the
malarial parasite; around 165 million blood films were researched for intestinal turmoil in 2010. In
spite of its unending use, end by microscopy experiences two rule disadvantages: different settings
(particularly common) are not set up to play out the test, and the exactness of the outcomes relies on
both the tendency of the individual looking at the blood film and the degrees of the parasite in the
blood. The affectability of blood films ranges from 75–90% in ideal conditions, to as low as half.
Monetarily open RDTs are routinely more exact than blood films at anticipating the vicinity of wild
fever parasites, yet they are normally a factor in definite affectability and unequivocally relying on the
producer, and can't figure out what number of parasites are available (WHO, 2004). In areas where lab
tests are quickly accessible, wild fever ought to be suspected, and sought after for, in any unwell patient
who has been in a district where the intestinal issue is endemic. In regions that can't manage the cost of
investigation centre logical tests, it has gotten standard to utilize just a past stacked up with dynamic
fever as the sign to treat for intestinal suffering; a theoretical system exemplified by the normal
instructing "fever climbs to wild fever beside at whatever point displayed something other than what's
expected. A disadvantage of this arrangement is over the completion of the intestinal issues and screw
up of non-malarial fever, which squanders restricted assets, separates trust in the social security
framework, and adds to a quiet square. Notwithstanding the way that polymerase chain response-based
tests have been made, these are not extensively acknowledged in wild fever endemic regions starting in
2012, considering their multifaceted nature (Gallup et al, 2000).
2.13 Prevalence, Incidence and Determinants of Malaria

It should be seen that plague intestinal disarray is gotten from correspondences of vectors, parasites,
and undeniable normal and anthropogenic determinants. Intestinal agony plague burden immunological
feeble social orders, focusing on the basics of accomplishment workplaces and causing case hardship
rates to grow five-spread or more during scenes. The region profile may change over into more
conspicuous money related outcomes, paying little regard to the way that the full monetary impact of
pandemic wild fever remains dim. An examination was encouraged in Benin on the most equipped
strategy to envision and develop the enormity of money related fragments that extra to malaria
transmission (Mensah and Kumaranayake 2004). As showed by the appraisal, paying little notification
to the endemic wild fever conditions, there was still little understanding of the overall significance of
money related areas that add to people picking up the corrupting in structures where intestinal malady
was endemic. The pros battle that, slanting traits of family's heads, for instance, age, data on intestinal
sickness, preparing and size of the nuclear family generally impact the rehash of wild fever as foreseen
with money related hypothesis. An examination by (Asenso Okyere, 1994 ) on malaria in four districts
unequivocally Kojo Ashong, Barekese, Barekuma, and Oyereko all from the Greater Accra Region of
Ghana revealed that factors that were viewed as causing intestinal weight are nonappearance of sound
food, mosquitoes, inconsequential warmth, over the top drinking, flies, fatigue, demolished ordinary
segments, perilous water, dreadful air, and feeble efficiency. Fundamentally all the adolescents around
then had no idea about how the debasement was spread from individual to individual, while the signs of
clinical wild fever were what's more reliably saw as a yellowish eyeball, chills and shivering, cerebral
hopelessness, an awful taste, body deficiency and yellowish pee, the assessment notwithstanding.
2.14 Management of Malaria

Yeboah-Antwi et al (2001) separated how much zone thriving packs in Kintampo in the Brong Ahafo
Region of Ghana could diminish the largeness of malaria, which is a significant reason behind
mortality and awfulness in a condition where authentic asset objectives existed. It was discovered that
consistency improves by around 20% in the two grown-ups and young people yet there was an
improvement to think about a model in cost to patients, holding up time at dispensaries and medication
wastage at work environments. Another sensible assessment in Ghana would have liked to analyze
family's information on remarkable loathsomeness and treatment looking for lead in two zones with the
utilization of success office information (Agyepong and Kangeya-Kayonda 2004). For each instance of
febrile sickness found in the flourishing working environments there were around 4-5 cases in the
framework, thusly they accumulated that each febrile scene particularly in kids is treated with an
adversary of the malarial medication. Since two or three nations relax up intestinal contamination
treatment to join the framework and the home through open and private, formal, and nice areas, the
need for more careful appraisals gets genuine. Appawu et al, (2004) considered intestinal infirmity
transmission segments in the Kassena Nankana District, a site in northern Ghana proposed for testing
wild fever vaccinations. Concentrated mosquitoes assessing was developed for one year utilizing
human landing gets in three little degree trademark regions that are watered, swamp, and cruel
extraordinary countries. The transmission was remarkably inconsistent and the heaviest transmission
happened from June to October. The intensity of transmission was higher for individuals in the
overpowered frameworks than the non-drenched ones. Around 60% of wild fever transmission in
happened inside during the second 50% of the night, beating at first light between four to six hours.
CHAPTER THREE
METHODOLOGY
3.1 Material and Methods

This segment of the examination takes into consideration a gander at the materials and techniques,
study site, test populace, test size and the information assortment just as the method of investigation.
Patients and assessment estimated with records of 162 examples for continuous patients including 139
babies and 23 grown-ups were introduced for assessment of conceivable Malaria contaminations
because of high favorable places for anopheles' mosquitos because of little scope mining and
substantial precipitation design. Factual investigation. With the end goal of the investigation, the
outcomes were organized underneath in Tables 1-6, rates of the test outcome determined and grouped
into a pie diagram factual device.
3.2 Materials
• Materials required to perform RDTs
• Preparing to perform the test
• RDT procedure.
Figure SEQ Figure \* ARABIC 1 : Malaria RDT Test Kit
3.3 Materials Required To Perform RDTs

• RDT kit (test cassette, buffer, blood collecting device),
• Sterile lancet,
• Alcohol swab,
• Pencil or pen for labeling,
• Gloves,
• Waste disposal container,
• Timer or clock,
• Instruction manual for the specific RDT,
• Dry cotton wool.
3.4 Preparing To Perform the Test

1. Outsourcing the necessary materials for the test within the testing area,
2. Proper Checking to ensure expiry date at the back of the test package and whether test kit has
expired which will be necessary to use another test,
3. Ensuring that RDT package was not damaged by squeezing gently and feel/listen for air or leakage.
4. Explaining to the patient what the test is for and procedure involve to ease panic,
5. Opening the package tearing along the neck to check out for the following:
cassette,
buffer
dropper,
6. Removing the cassette from the foil packaging and label it with patient name and reading time,
7. Wearing a new pair of gloves to avoid contamination,
8. Disinfecting the puncture area (4th finger of the non-dominant hand) with an alcohol swab. The
fourth finger is preferred because it’s the least used and will cause least inconvenience even if it
becomes sore.
3.5 Malaria RDT Procedure

1. Make a delicate prick towards the mash bundle of the fourth finger with a sterile lancet at the
sanitized site. Pricking at the tip or midline is more agonizing. Dispose of the pre-owned lancet in a
proper sharp holder following use. By applying delicate strain to the finger express the primary drop of
blood and wipe it away with a dry bit of cotton fleece. Ensure no strands of cotton stay on the finger to
pollute the blood. Apply delicate strain to the finger until a fresh blood drop shows up. Accentuate the
requirement for the correct abilities to guarantee the right test execution and exact outcomes. The
explanation behind clearing out the primary drop is on the grounds that it contains a lot of tissue liquid
which may weaken the antigens and it may be tainted with the liquor utilized for cleaning the finger.
2. Utilizing the blood assortment gadget (pipette, reversed cup, or slender cylinder) gave in the RDT
pack, tenderly drench the open end in the blood drop. Gather the necessary volume of blood according
to the producer’s guidelines. Great blood assortment and satisfactory measures of blood are central to
guarantee great outcomes. Subsequent to pricking and gathering blood, apply a dry cotton fleece at the
cut site to stop the dying. Dispose of the blood assortment gadget in the container for irresistible waste.
3. Move the gathered blood to the example well as demonstrated on the RDT tape by the maker. It's
imperative to place the example in the correct well as shown by the producer. Various makers may
have diverse naming for the various wells. Dispose of the blood assortment gadget in the container for
irresistible waste.
4. Holding the support bottle vertically, include the suggested number of drops of the cushion into the
cradle well. Put the specific measure of support as shown by the producer at the right well of the test
gadget and don't utilize some other cradle separated from the one gave and determined. Some test units
will accompany a container of the cradle for some tests and others will have enough support stuffed for
a solitary test.
5. Time the test as suggested by the maker. View the outcome window of the tape for shading band(s).
Negative – The nearness of just a control band, demonstrates a negative outcome for P. falciparum
jungle fever. On the off chance that the RDT result is negative, elective reasons for fever ought to be
researched and treated properly. Note: Do not peruse the outcomes previously or after the set time. Try
not to regard any fever as intestinal sickness in spite of a negative outcome.
Positive – The nearness of both a control band and a test band demonstrate a positive outcome. Allude
to producer's guidelines to peruse positive outcomes.
Invalid — if the test doesn't show the control band, regardless of whether there is a test band, the test is
invalid. Play out another RDT.
Allude to the "RDT Provider work help" for pictures of negative, positive, and invalid outcomes.
6. Report the outcomes as "RDT Negative" or "RDT Positive" or "RDT Invalid" (in the last case the
RDT ought to be rehashed. Record patient's data and RDT bring about a suitable register.'
7. Dispose of the cotton fleece, RDT tape, and gloves into the container for irresistible waste. Dispose
of void jugs/ampulla of cushion, guidelines, and RDT bundling into the crate for non-irresistible waste.
3.6 Political Background

The principal district town for this study which south Ghana and is within the capital of the Akuapim
north municipal district an area in the Eastern Region of south Ghana. The major ethnic population is
dominated by the Akans, trailed by Ga and thusly Ewe. Nsawam is constrained by Akuapim South
Municipal District . In the early year of 2013, Nsawam has a settlement masses of 172,522 individuals.
Nsawam is composed of a standard railroad and road to Kumasi. It has a colossal stream going about as
an outskirt among itself and Adoagyir. Densu River is the standard wellspring of water for both close
by and present-day purposes for individuals in and around Nsawam.
3.7 Geography
The Municipality is arranged in the south-eastern piece of the Eastern Region between scope 5'.45 N
and 5'.58 N and longitude 0.07'W and 0.27'W and its capital is Nsawam. The Nsawam Municipal
spreads a region of around 175 square kilometers, out of the all-out region of the Eastern Region.
3.8 Study Design and Sample Size

The examination was an enlightening cross-sectional investigation. With a populace of 172, 522, and
an expected 20% of the investigation populace, 162 example size was resolved to utilize SPSS
Statistical Data Analyzer programming. Predominance pace of 35 % and an edge of 5% blunder and an
intensity of 95% certainty span. An aggregate of 162 members was enlisted all through the examination
led in the Nsawam civil Hospital.
3.9 Variables
3.9.1 Dependent variables

Malaria status (Dichotomous: presence/ absence)
3.9.2 Independents variables

Age in completed years (discrete. Completed years)
Sex (Dichotomous: female/ male)
Education level (Unordered education level)
Occupation (Nominal: Activity professional, Formal and Informal knowledge of malaria transmission
and prevention (Nominal: Mosquito bites, foods habits
3.10 Data Collection and Tools

A coordinated questionnaire containing open-ended through testing questions and shut finished
solicitations were utilized to meet the customers. The examination partners read out the solicitations
and made an interpretation of them to the respondents in their near to language (Twi) after which their
reactions were recorded as necessities be. The solicitations on intestinal disease intertwined the socio-
part attributes, for example, the edifying level, the occupation, and the marital status. Once more,
questions concerning the causes, unavoidability, and treatment of intestinal distress were inquired.
3.10.1 Data Processing and Analysis

Information was entered utilizing Microsoft Excel and twofold checked. Measurable investigations
were performed utilizing Statistical Package Stata, form 13.0 (StataCorp LP. School Station, Texas,
USA). Recurrence and rate were introduced for clear cut factors. We at that point sorted intestinal
sickness in two classifications: No jungle fever (nonattendance of intestinal sickness parasites in the
blood investigated by microscopy) and intestinal sickness (nearness of intestinal sickness parasites in
the blood examined by microscopy). The Chi-square or fisher's accurate tests were utilized to survey
the distinctions in sociodemographic and intestinal sickness information factors between subjects.
Finally, straightforward and multivariate strategic relapse models were utilized to break down the
hazard elements of intestinal sickness. Both unadjusted and balanced strategic relapse models were
performed. Chances proportions with 95% certainty spans (95% CI) were introduced. Two followed p
esteems < 0.05 were considered factually noteworthy.
3.11 Pre-Testing
Before the beginning of the investigation, pre-testing of information assortment apparatus was
completed at Asamankese, a network in the Eastern Region of Ghana having comparative segment
attributes to check for consistency, lucidity, and agreeableness of the examination inquiries to the
respondents.
3.12 Data Handling and Storage

Questionnaires were numbered sequentially to consider simple recognizable proof in the succession in
which they were filled and gathered. The distinguishing proof numbers were kept all through
information coding. Information was entered on the SPSS spreadsheet. SPSS programming was utilized
to clean and approve entered information and for playing out the principle examination. Information
was put away on PC and reinforcement on a pen drive and a smaller circle just as in the scientist's
electronic mail inbox.
3.13 Ethical Considerations

The moral endorsement was gotten from the Committee on Human Research Publication and Ethics,
informed assent was looked for from the members before they were remembered for the investigation.
Members were guaranteed their protection and non-interest on the off chance that they so wished.
Classification of the information and the results of the examination were saved uniquely with the end
goal of the investigation.
3.14 Limitation(s) Of the Study

The study had several limitations, which include; limited time in collecting data, data collection
assistance was not consistent.
CHAPTER FOUR
RESEARCH FINDINGS
4.1 Introduction
This chapter analysis and describes the findings of the study. The area is prevailed by malaria.
Malaria was defined by WHO (2005) as a parasitic disease that involves infection of the red
blood cells.
Table SEQ Table \* ARABIC 1 : Sociodemographic Characteristics of Participant during

Questionnaires Analysis
Variable Frequency Percentage (%)
Age Group
Infants 48 30
Adults 114 70
Occupation
Formal 41 25
Informal / Unemployed 121 65
Educational Level
Formal 61 38
Informal 111 62
Source: Field Survey, 2019
Table SEQ Table \* ARABIC 2 : Education Background of Respondents
Education Frequency Percentage (%)

No formal education 101 62.3
Primary 30 18.5
Secondary 10 6.17
Tertiary 21 12.9
Total 162 100
The instructive fulfillment of the respondents differs enormously. As appeared, out of the 162
respondents, both wellbeing and non-wellbeing official, 101 of the respondents establishing 62.3% had
no proper instruction, 30 respondents comprising 18.5% had essential training, 10 (6.17%) had optional
training and 21 (12.9%) had the most noteworthy type of training. From the table above, it very well
may be assessed that a large portion of the respondents had no type of training, accordingly have an
impact on the information gathered. The respondents with no amount of training couldn't really see the
causes, impact, and anticipation of the intestinal sickness. Concerning the treatment, they had the
option to contribute. Additionally, they thought that it's troublesome in identifying the side effects of
intestinal sickness from other illnesses identified with them. The respondents who had an essential
degree of instruction had the option to add to the examination however they were questioning. At last,
the respondents who had tertiary training added to the examination incredibly to the investigation and
because of their degree of training, they had the option to inspect plainly to help the investigation.
Table SEQ Table \* ARABIC 3 : Ages of Respondents
Ages Frequency Percentage (%)

18-30 78 78
31-40 25 13.5
41-50 39 24.07
51+ 20 12.3
Total 162 100
The survey results further show that age is not fairly distributed among the inhabitants in the area. The
composition of the age structure among the respondents is dominated by the aged who constitute 78%,
within the age group of below thirty. Also, those within 41 -50 years constitute 24.07%, 31-40 years
constitute 13.5% and 18-30 years constitute 78% of the study population. The above table indicated
that, the highest age among the respondents below 50and above. They were able to contribute to the
study. This was due to the fact that the old is responsible for the health expenses of their dependents. In
addition, the age range between 18-30 years is the next dominant. The people fall under this age group,
normally is supposed to know the endemic and epidemiology of diseases but this is not the case. This is
attributed to high dropout and low educational level. However, a few were able to contribute to the
study.
Table SEQ Table \* ARABIC 4 : Occupational of the Respondents
Occupation Frequency Percentage (%)

Drivers 5 3.1
carpenters 6 3.7
Farmers 100 61.7
Teachers 12 7.4
Unemployed 5 3.1
Tourist attendant 3 1.8
Retired Government Workers 10 6.2
Nurses 18 11.1
Medical Assistance 8 4.9
Total 162 100
From the table over 5 (3.1%) were drivers, 16 (8%) were Carpenters, 6 (3.7%) were ranchers, 100
(61.7%) were educators, jobless respondents were 5 (3.1%), vacationer orderlies were 3 (1.8%),
resigned laborers were 10 (6.1%), 18 (11.1%) were attendants and 8 (4.9 %) were clinical from the
General Hospital. It tends to be unmistakably observed that; dominant part of the respondents was
ranchers. This is because of the accessibility of prolific soil. This is the significant control of the
investigation site.
Table 4 shows the occurrences of malaria at the study area. The table shows that, incidence
rate of malaria is very high. This data clearly shows the need for the study in the Nsawam
District.
Table SEQ Table \* ARABIC 5 : Sex of the Respondents
Sex Frequency Percentage (%)
Male 108 66.7
Female 54 33.3
Total 162 100
In the Ghanaian society, the women population is poor, voiceless, and defenseless. As
appeared in Table 4.4 out of the absolute respondents, 108 (66.7%) were male and 54
(33.3%) were females. The guys are the providers in a large portion of the families visited.
They were happy to voice out their recognition of the investigation for their families. The
greater part of the females who adds to the investigation were single guardians who are the
tops of their own families.
4.2 Malaria Prevalence
Table SEQ Table \* ARABIC 6 : Prevalence of Malaria
Incidence Frequency Percentage (%)

Yes 141 87.1
No 21 12.9
Total 162 100

4.3 Causes of Malaria
Table SEQ Table \* ARABIC 7 : Response on the Causes of Malaria
Causes Frequency Percentage (%)

Improper disposing of mined 152 94
site
Ignorance 10 6
Malaria parasitic infection like some other irresistible infection such huge numbers of numerous causes
to its reality. At the investigation site, unsanitary practices and obliviousness were the significant
reasons for jungle fever. Table 3.6 shows numbness which incorporates (less state-funded training on
intestinal sickness) comprised of 10 (6%) whiles unsanitary practices which likewise incorporate
(inappropriately discarded sewages, weeds, and stale water in jars and canals) establish 152 (94%).
From the table, unsanitary practices apparently were the significant reason for intestinal sickness in the
region. These undesirable practices help in the rearing of mosquitoes particularly the Anopheles
mosquito (female mosquito).
Figure SEQ Figure \* ARABIC 2 : An Anopheles mosquito

When the mosquito bites the inhabitants, the mosquito deposits some species of plasmodium parasites
which eventually cause malaria in humans after the deposit. When the inhabitants are infected, they are
characterized by underlining symptoms such as chills and fever mostly.
4.4 Effects on Malaria Prevalence

Table SEQ Table \* ARABIC 8 : Response of Effect on Malaria
Effect Frequ Percent

ency age (%)
Poverty 82 50.6
Death 10 6.17
Low Production 38 23.5
Loss of Weight 32 19.8
In reference to the study table above, it could be found that the impacts of jungle fever parasitic disease
on the occupants were dejection 82 (50.6%), passing 10 (6.17%), low creation at work 38 (23.5%) and
loss of weight because of low wanting to be set up 32 (19.8%). From the table, it was pondered that
downfall has the best impact on the respondents. Precisely when the inhabitants get tainted, cash and
time are squandered over the scope of the treatment. Significantly more in this way, when responses
like chills and fever restore the body's protected framework gets fragile inciting low creation, low
favorable position along these lines’ neediness.
4.5 Treatment and Prevention of Malaria

Table SEQ Table \* ARABIC 9 : Response on Treatment and Prevention of Malaria
Variables Frequency Percentage (%)

Treatment
Orthodox 110 67.9

Herbal Medicine 52 32.1
Prevention
Use of treated mosquito 20 12.3

Nets
Use of mosquito Repellants 32 19.8
Keeping the environment 110 67.9

clean
From table 9, 110 (67.9%) of the respondents use orthodox medicine either prescribed by a medical
assistant or bought from the pharmacy. About 52 (32.1%) use herbal medicine. The herbal medicine is
either bought from the chemist shop or they get them from the native doctors. The herbal medicine is
mostly a mixture of roots, weeds, leaves, and herbs from their surroundings. As the sayings go,
‘prevention is better than cure.’ This statement is true because from the above 40 (20%) uses treated
mosquito nets as a way to prevent themselves from getting malaria. About 50 (25%) uses mosquito
repellents at night to prevent getting malaria. The majority of the respondents sought to clean and a
healthy environment as a way of preventing malaria from occurring. If all these precautions are met,
the respondents believe that the prevalence of o0f malaria in the district would reduce dramatically. In
effect, there would be less death, weight gaining, high production at the workplace, high income, all
resulting in poverty reduction.
4.6 Health Official Responses

Among the wellbeing authorities, there were three clinical collaborators and five medical attendants at
the Government clinic. As indicated by the wellbeing authorities, ill-advised methods of discarding
mined sites are exceptionally appraised in adding to the commonness of malaria parasitic at the locale.
Absence of fixation, helpless demeanor to work, preterm in infants, and weakness in pregnancy and
passing particularly in youngsters are the impacts of jungle fever in the region. As indicated by them,
agreeing to the therapy of intestinal sickness as recommended by the clinical associate, great
cleanliness rehearses, proceed with state-funded instruction on malaria the utilization of mediate treated
nets around evening time will help in the avoidance of malaria in the area.
4.7 Case Processing
Total samples test 162, Positive test 126, Negative 31, Invalid + represent positive infant & adult patients X,
negative patients, RDT is Rapid diagnostic test
Table SEQ Table \* ARABIC 10 : Case Processing Summary
Cases
Missing Total
Percent
Percent
Percent
Age group vs. Test results
162
100.0%
0.0%
162
100.0%
Occupation vs. Test results
162
100.0%
0.0%
162
100.0%
Educational level vs. Test results
162
100.0%
0.0%
162
100.0%
Case Processing summary show the data characteristics and relation with the dependent and
independent variables. Furthermore, the above table indicate that all 162 variable data are valid and
quality for processing.
4.8 Age Group compared to Test Results

Table SEQ Table \* ARABIC 11 : Crosstab Age Group Compared To Test Results
Test results Total
Negative
Age group
Infant
Count
78
36
114
% within Age group

68.4%
31.6%
100.0%
Adult
Count
22
26
48
% within Age group
45.8%
54.2%
100.0%
Total
Count 100 62 162
% within Age group 61.7% 38.3% 100.0%
The crosstab age distribution table above was in two major category Infants age group and Adult age
group and at the end of research finding couple with test rest it was concluded infants were more
vulnerable to malaria during the period of study which maybe as a result of weak immune system and
lack education for malaria education for malaria for parents to keep these children safe and clean
environment. The children age group dominated with a percentage value of 70% while’s adults age
group was 30%.
Table SEQ Table \* ARABIC 12 : Chi-Square Tests
Asymptotic
Significance Exact Sig. Exact Sig.
(2-sided) (2-sided) (1-sided)
Pearson Chi-Square .007
Continuity Correction .012
Likelihood Ratio .007
Fisher's Exact Test .008 .006
Linear-by-Linear
.007
Association
N of Valid Cases
The chi-square test only shows a relation between the dependent variable (Test Results) and
independent Variables (Age group, education level, and occupation of the inhabitants). The results
show 0 cells have expected count less than 5 which therefore explains the data is valid for report
analysis and correlation analysis as well. The significant level is 0.008 which is inferior to 0.1 and
significant at 10% and therefore explains that there was a correlation between test results and age
group.
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Figure SEQ Figure \* ARABIC 3 : Age group test results
The Bar diagram above shows the connection between the age bunch against test results which further
clarifies the age bunch demonstrating babies age ruled with positive test brings about intestinal sickness
parasite against its negative outcomes when contrasted with the grown-ups age which has a more
noteworthy score of negative test results against its positive test outcomes.
4.9 Occupation Compared To Test Results

Table SEQ Table \* ARABIC 13 : Crosstab Occupation test results
Test results Total
Negative
Occupation
Count Formal
28
13
41
% within Occupation
68.3%
31.7%
100.0%
2.0
Count Informal
72
49
121
% within Occupation
59.5%
40.5%
100.0%
Total
Count 100 62 162
% within Occupation 61.7% 38.3% 100.0%
The table above indicate the occupation of the inhabitant and shows no correlation value with respect to
the test results which therefore explain the individual occupations has nothing to do which malaria
transmission or infection.
Table SEQ Table \* ARABIC 14 : Chi-Square occupation Tests

Asymptotic
Continuity Correction .415
Linear-by-Linear
.319
Association
N of Valid Cases
The table above indicates the occupation of the inhabitant and shows no correlation value with respect
to the test results which therefore explain the individual occupations that have nothing to do which
malaria transmission or infection. There was no correlation between occupation to test results since
there was no Significant value for correlation analysis and moreover had no effect on the spread of
malaria parasite.
EMBED MSGraph.Chart.8 \s Figure SEQ Figure \* ARABIC 4 : Occupation Test Results
The bar chart above shows the relation of the occupation of the inhabitants against Test results,
although there was no correlation between occupation and test results informal jobs which comprise of
farmers being majority as compare with malaria education dominated to inhabitants with formal jobs
with education on malaria.
4.10 Educational Level Compared To Test Results

Table SEQ Table \* ARABIC 15 : Crosstab Educational level compared to Test results
Test results Total
Negative
Educational level
Count Formal
32
29
61
% within Educational level
52.5%
47.5%
100.0%
Count Informal
68
33
101
67.3%
32.7%
100.0%
Total
Count
101
61
162
61.7%
38.3%
100.0%
The educational population recorded 61.7 % of non-formal against 38.3% formal education which has
an impact on the test results.
Table SEQ Table \* ARABIC 16 : Chi-Square Educational level Tests
Asymptotic
Continuity
.086
Correction
Linear-by-Linear
.060
Association
N of Valid Cases
The epidemiological qualities of intestinal infirmity and wild fever information factors. The chi-square
or fisher's careful test demonstrated that the intensity of intestinal infirmity among people had no
essential separation (p>0.1) in history of fever over the most recent fourteen days, have a bed net, know
malaria parasitic disease, intestinal suffering transmission and avoiding frameworks All truly gigantic
factors in the univariate assessment were applied to play out a decided lose the faith evaluation, and the
outcomes are introduced . The outcomes indicated that educational level was from an overall
perspective related with intestinal torment.
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Figure SEQ Figure \* ARABIC 5 : Educational Level Test Results
The bar chart above illustrates the relationship between the education level of the inhabitants which are
categorize into numeral representation as formal and informal education against test results which
further explains, inhabitants with formal education were lesser but yet had knowledge on malaria as
compare the inhabitant with no formal education and no education on malaria and had a significant
impact on the test results as well.
4.11 Discussion
Considerable effort is made by the Government to ensure drastic reduction of malaria parasitic
infection slaughter malaria parasitic infection since it's the principal wellspring of mortality in the
country. It has also continued to ensure an enormous number of important lives in Ghana and all
around the world which is realized by a parasite called plasmodium. There are around four kinds of the
parasite that impact individuals which consolidate plasmodium falciparum, plasmodium malariae,
plasmodium ovale, and plasmodium vivax. In Ghana, simply the underlying three are found at this
point the most hazardous of everything is the plasmodium falciparum. This sort implies about 90% to
98% of all cases both in Ghana and Africa. There were different components that contributed toward
the qualities of the transmission, Numerous abiotic factors, for instance, precipitation plans, tallness,
dampness, temperature, thus for and little extension mining practices impact the disorder transmission.
Many don't live in extraordinary houses with no improved cleansing. Comprehend that the plasmodium
parasite experiences two interesting cycles; on cycle occurs in the mosquito while the distinction occurs
in man. Starting, a couple of changes going on in the gut of the mosquito to end up in a little cell called
sporozoite, which is imbued through the salivary organs into a man during an eat. The most vulnerable
social occasions are pregnant women and adolescents under five years, in spite of the way that we all
are at serious risk. The current example of the plasmodium parasite propels through four stages man as
a sporozoite, followed by merozoite, schizont, and subsequently gametocyte. The parasite assaults the
liver cells and thereafter the red platelets, crushing the red platelet, which speaks to the signs and
indications we get and the pulverization of the red platelets reveals why we will, as a rule, be iron
lacking (loss of blood)., consequently causing end. From our assessments, the most affected individuals
were kids underneath 5years. Since their resistant responses are not dynamic enough to fight the
ailment, many couldn't persevere through the merozoite period of the plasmodium cell cycle. Only two
or three adults could persevere through the schizont stage. Lion's offer passes on at the gametocyte
stage, at any rate tenaciously we endeavor to coordinate WHO'S against wilderness fever tablet called
Artemisinin based blend medicines (ACTS), notwithstanding the way that the prescription is of the best
quality and quality. The report we got from our assessments indicated that among the patients broke
down of the infection responded well to treatment and none kicked the container. Since the quick test
couldn't reveal the various periods of the plasmodium parasite, we incited that small appraisal must be
used to anticipate these periods of the plasmodium parasite by counting the amount of the parasite's
seen, which can fill in as an early record of the parasite's development. We surmise that there should be
intentional effort to keep the ecological components of Adoajiri clean from weeds, deny and standing
waters achieved by the unlawful mining, which are the most loved spots for the female mosquitoes.
Bug shower treated nets are amazingly shielded and one of tea surest ways to deal with beat the
wilderness fever peril. All youngsters under five years and adults especially pregnant women must rest
in bug shower treated nets (ITN).
CHAPTER FIVE
SUMMARY, CONCLUSION, AND RECOMMENDATIONS
5.1 Summary of Findings

This assessment reveals the prevalence of malaria ailment parasite defilement among children in the
Nsawam Municipality in the Eastern Region of Ghana by using cross-sectional data accumulated in
March, 2019. This assessment expressly overviewed the inescapability of intestinal infection, its
causes, impacts, treatment similarly as shirking in the examination locales. The assessment assed the
purposes behind wilderness fever in the Nsawam district as the outcome of misguided disposing of
the mined site and neglectfulness. The examination further reveals that poverty and passing are the
effects intestinal disorder has on them. It was upheld that; the tenants of the assessment zone use
both traditional and home developed prescriptions in treating intestinal affliction. Similarly,
inhabitants shield themselves from getting wilderness fever by the use of mosquito nets and enemies
of specialists similarly to keeping their natural factors clean. The best approach to understanding the
ability of the inescapability of intestinal infection is for the organization and prosperity specialists to
see how intestinal infection is a factor to destitution and downfall in our social requests. Again,
intestinal affliction is both a preventable and reparable, however, this should be conceivable if more
critical thought and informative systems are deliberately set up.
5.2 Conclusion
The research reveals that the major causes of malaria are unsanitary practices which include; improper
disposal of mined site, weeds stagnant water in cans and gutters, and ignorance in terms of less
publicity on malaria. That is, most of the inhabitants are not aware of the causes and preventions of
malaria. Therefore, they are not able to avoid getting malaria. Also, the improper disposal of mined
sites serves as a catalyst for the breeding of mosquitoes. It was revealed that poverty, death, preterm in
babies, anemia in pregnancy and loss of weight, low productivity at work, and low concentration
especially in children are the effects of the occurrences of malaria at the study site. Finally, the study
shows that inhabitants seek orthodox and herbal medicines in the treatment of malaria. In addition,
malaria can be prevented by the use of mosquito nets and repellents as well as keeping their
surroundings clean.
5.3 Recommendations
Malaria parasitic infection is a genuine, irresistible ailment spread by certain mosquito typically the
Anopheles. Intestinal sickness positions among the significant wellbeing and improvement
challenges confronting the world, hence, there is a requirement for suitable measures to be taken. In
view of the examination discoveries, especially the limitations distinguished; the accompanying
proposals are made for the counteraction of malaria parasite contaminations in babies at Nsawam
Municipality in the Eastern Region;
 Incidence of intestinal sickness ought to be accounted for right on time and patient ought to
conform to therapy as required by the clinical associates.
 Homes and general conditions ought to be kept clean: sewages must be appropriately
arranged; weeds must be cleared frequently and stale water in canals and jars ought to be kept dried.
 there ought to be collective work in the town around Nsawam locale.
 The utilization of treated mosquito nets and anti-agents ought to be utilized frequently
around evening time and day time as a precautionary measure against mosquito nibbles. The
government should give out free mosquito nets and execute strategies to cook for youngsters
who experience the ill effects of malaria parasitic infection?
 Preventive medications, for example, Daraprin and Malaprin ought to be taken week after
week.
 Also, occupants ought to be an antibody against the disease utilizing CS antigens and
gametocyte antigens.
 Lastly, government and different foundations, for example, non-legislative organizations
should make it their definitive point of publicizing the consciousness of intestinal sickness,
in this manner, its causes, impacts, therapy, and avoidance.
5.4 Suggestions for Future Research

Future research study could consider the entire Eastern Region since the locales are noted for high
rate of malaria parasitic infectious cases.
APPENDIX
QUESTIONAIRES
TITLE: THE PREVALENCE OF MALARIA PARASITIC INFECTION AMONG INFACTS IN THE

NSAWAM MUNICIPALITY DURING THE RAINING SEASON.
SECTION A: BACKGROUND CHARACTERISTICS
Name of town/village…………... Locality…………………… Age ………
Occupation……………………… Educational level ………………………
SECTION B: GENERAL VIEW ON MALARIA
Is malaria a problem in this community?
Yes / No
What causes malaria?
Dirt
food
drinking water
Mosquitoes
How will you know someone has malaria? (Multiple response)
Fever
Headaches
muscle/joint
shivering
Breathlessness
Do you have a mosquito net?
Yes / No
Where do you go for malaria treatment?
Health facility ii. Herbalists’ iii. Pharmacy
6. Which of these drugs will you prefer for malaria treatment?
i. chloroquine only ii. Chloroquine + paracetamol + blood tonic
iii. Artesunate iv. Herbal preparations
FOR ALTERNATIVE PROVIDERS OF HEALTH CARE.
7. How much does your treatment cost for a pregnant woman with malaria? Are community
members able to pay? What is the mode of payment? (Probe for cash, credit, and kind)
8. Where do you get your drug supplies? Are there any problems with these? What are they? How
do you think these can be solved?
FOR OPINION LEADERS AND OTHER LEADERS OF IDENTIFIABLE GROUPS

9. What role do you (community leaders) play in the control of malaria?
SECTION C: INFORMATION, EDUCATION AND COMMUNICATION
10. How has this education helped you and your family?
11. How has this helped you in caring for malaria in pregnancy?
12. Supposing we want to educate you on fevers/malaria, what information (new/extra) would you
like to know?
13. What communication channels have been used to give you education? (Probe on one-on-one,
durbars, posters, radio, TV, video, reading literature etc.)
SECTION D – IN –DEPTH INTERVIEW WITH HEALTH WORKERS IN THE

COMMUNITY
RESPONSE ON THE EFFECT OF MALARIA
14. Do you have any idea on how malaria can affect you, identify any below
i. Poverty
ii. Low productivity
iii. Death
iv. Loss of weight
A. All the above B. i &ii C. i & iv
15. Do you believe cost of medication or treatment scares the patients from seeking earlier
attention?
Yes / No
Thank You.
APPENDIX 1
Figure SEQ Figure \* ARABIC 6 : Anna Asamoah
The whole of Ghana is at risk of malaria. Malaria in Ghana accounts for 4% of the global burden and
7% of the malaria parasitic burden in West Africa.
Malaria was responsible for 19% of all recorded deaths in Ghana in 2015.
Malaria-attributable mortality has declined significantly from 19% (2010) to 4.2% (2016).
Malaria under 5 years’ case fatality rate declined from 15% to 11% from 2010 to 2016.
The health facility case fatality rate among children under five years of age declined from 14 percent in
2000 to less than half a percent in 2016.
Malaria admissions increased from 280,000 to 340,000 persons between 2000 and 2017.
Key improvements in the healthcare system include:
Increased access to health due to the expanding coverage of the National Health Insurance Scheme
(NHIS)
Expanded geographical access to health care through Community-based Health Planning and Services
(CHPS)
Figure SEQ Figure \* ARABIC 7 : Inpatient and mortality rates
Case management of malaria over the period of years and successful outcome.
APPENDIX 2
SOME FIELD PICTURES
Figure SEQ Figure \* ARABIC 8 : Field staff at work Government Hospital, Nsawam Pregnant women at ANC
Figure SEQ Figure \* ARABIC 9 : Nsawam DHMT, Attendance at stakeholders’ workshop
Figure SEQ Figure \* ARABIC 10 : Forest vegetation
Figure SEQ Figure \* ARABIC 11 : Illegal mining activities
Figure SEQ Figure \* ARABIC 12 : Damaging water bodies
Figure SEQ Figure \* ARABIC 13 : Settlement not further away from mining sites
Figure SEQ Figure \* ARABIC 14 : Mining site
Table SEQ Table \* ARABIC 18: RDT Test Results
NO Day/Date Name Infant Adult Test results

Positive
Negative
Invalid
Day 1
Ransford Oppong
3yrs
Akua Frimpong
2.5yrs
+
Kwaku Osei Boat
3yrs
Mabel Opoku
4.5yrs
Asibey Opoku
5.6yrs
+
Portia konadu
3.5yrs
Fred okoe
2yrs
Adwoa Franklin
2.8yrs
X
Day 2
Pamela ofeibea
4yrs
Mantey Asante
20yrs
Ofori kwame
3.6yrs
Amalina wireku
17yrs
Kwame Amponsah
3yrs
+
Yaw Sarpong
4.2yrs
Day 3
Alex Owusu
5yrs
Winfred Ankrah
16yrs
+
Mercy Osi
6.2yrs
Akua Obologi
20yrs
Akosua winsford
18yrs
+
Kwabena Ofori
16yrs
Marabel Atwi
5yrs
Mark Klutse
6.2yrs
m
Mercy Appiateng
5yrs
Frsnklin Kwafo
6yrs
X
Albert Asante
3.2yrs
Marklin Aku
4yrs
Benard Bonah
16yrs
+
Day 4
Kofi Owusu
2yrs
Prince Abolife
4yrs
Kofi Owusu
3.6yrs
+
Prince akonobe
5.4yrs
Percy Oforiwaa
16yrs
Kwao Ofori
14yrs
+
Yaw Asantey
2.5yrs
Abla Tawia
1.8yrs
Day 5
Agia Wiredu
2yrs
Bentil karteng
3yrs
Gifty Adom
5yrs
X
Asi Asafo
1.5yrs
Benjamin Akomia
2yrs
Manfo Kwesi
1yrs
+
Apau owusu
0.9yrs
Benny Afigbe
3yrs
Abeiku Lawa
4.6yrs
X
Benard Abeka
3.7yrs
Day 6
Abraham Antei
6yrs
Kojo Appiah
2yrs
X
Michael obeng
3.2yrs
Asabea Apenteng
1.5yrs
+
Anabel Royouteng
4.2yrs
Samuel Ofosu
6yrs
Marbel Kwarfio
5yrs
+
Day 7
Abeiku Qwansah
3yrs
Kwabena Masei
4yrs
Akoa Wusu
1.8yrs
+
Anthony Dzakpasu
2yrs
Emmanuel Afietu
4.4yrs
Gabby Ablakwa
2.8yrs
X
Richmond Anna
4.5yrs
Day 8
Frank Nartey
2yrs
Abena Owusua
1.9yrs
Kwesi Nsia
3yrs
Cecilia Ablakwa
5.2yrs
+
Albert Tachie
3yrs
Abbey Brown
21yrs
Day 9
Frank Osei
4yrs
+
Kwaku Miola
3yrs
Kwao sackitey
18yrs
Mathew Yesigbe
2.6yrs
+
Nana Kwame
3yrs
Gifty Ankrah
17yrs
Afio Afi
1.3yrs
+
Atsu martey
25yrs
Prosper lomotey
2.8yrs
Sibel opoku
2.4yrs
Day 10
Dearlington Oduro
5yrs
Percy mensah
3yrs
+
Priscilla Mensah
5yrs
Mark Gyampo
6yrs
Benard Apafio
2.7yrs
X
Camel wanu
6yrs
Abel zenu
1.6yrs
Kwao Amadong
4yrs
+
Day 19
Kakra Abitey
2yrs
Yaa Oforiwaa
2.3yrs
Kwaku lamptey
5yrs
Mary Quartey
6yrs
Alex Addo
15yrs
+
Yawah Adams
14yrs
Araba Ankrah
4.8yrs
Day 11
Fiifi Broni
2yrs
+
Owusu Ansah
4yrs
Abigail Aplaku
5yrs
Day 12
Belinda Ansah
3yrs
+
Cecy Dzapkasu
1yr
Isaac Commey
6yrs
Kojo Nakoja
4.5yrs
+
Adams kwartey
2yrs
Day 13
Elizabeth Tettey
4yrs
X
Gifty Darteng
23yrs
Frank Nsiah
3.6yrs
Kwadjo Appiah
4.6yrs
+
Isaac kumi
3yrs
Day 14
Isaac Danso
1yr
Eric Awalo
6yrs
+
Francis Amegah
2.5ys
Day 15
Yaw Ofori
3yrs
Asi Mensah
4yrs
X
Marvin Owusu
31yrs
Afia Boateng
5.4yrs
Akua Akansah
25yrs
Moses Asante
2.6yrs
Day 16
Stable Appiah
3yrs
+
Yaa Nkansah
6.2yrs
Metse Sarpong
30yrs
Fiifi Appiah
3.5yrs
X
Mariam Lomo
3.8yrs
Kwesi Lanquah
0.9yrs
Day 17
Serwaa Frema
2yrs
+
Ababio Sarbie
1yrs
Nketiah Mensah
7yrs
Day 18
Tanoah Herlem
4yrs
X
Harold Ofosu
3yrs
Alfred Larbi
5.5yrs
X
Hersy Amankwah
7yrs
Akos Muniah
28yrs
Cee Oppong
3.2yrs
X
Day 19
comfort
36yrs
Monday Adjoetey
2yrs
Faith Asare
3yrs
+
Belinda Adoley
16yrs
Freda Asigbey
24yrs
Day 20
Adjoa Wettey
6yrs
+
Mercy Oppong
3.9yrs
Araba Antakroah
5yrs
Marabel Osei
2.5yrs
Day 21
Frank Osei
3.6yrs
Tutu Kwetey
4yrs
X
Amanda Seitey
5yrs
Day 22
Serwaa Appiatuety
2yrs
Stephenson Darson
1.9yrs
+
Theresah Marbel
4yrs
Owireku Mefty
5.6yrs
Day 23
Betty White
3.2yrs
+
Windford opoku
2.5yrs
Afia Tetteh
3yrs
Akosua Adjei
5yrs
X
Day 24
Philomina Sarfo
4yrs
Kwetey Manifo
2yrs
+
Day 25
Sebastian Osofo
2.5yrs
Atsu lomotey
7yrs
+
Daniel Frimpong
6yrs
Day 26
Kwao Ansah
1.4yrs
Gloria Nsiah
4.5yrs
+
Solomon Nettey
4.2yrs
Day 27
Kojo mensah
3yrs
Emmanuel Mensah
2yrs
+
Randy Ofosu
5yrs
Day 28
William Herlo
2.5yrs
Sandra Jetty
3yrs
Sarfo Nisah
4yrs
+
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CYPRUS INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY

INSTITUTE OF GRADUATE STUDIES AND RESEARCH

THE PREVALENCE OF MALARIA PARASITIC INFECTION

EBENEZER KWABENA GYAN

CYPRUS INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY

THE PREVALENCE OF MALARIA PARASITIC INFECTION

EBENEZER KWABENA GYAN

CYPRUS INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY

THE PREVALENCE OF MALARIA PARASITIC INFECTION

EBENEZER KWABENA GYAN

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Hatice Erkurt

CYPRUS INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY

THESIS APPROVAL CERTIFICATE

Jury Member Signature

Director of the Institute

Name and Surname: EBENEZER KWABENA GYAN

The Title of Dissertation: THE PREVALENCE OF MALARIA

Supervisor(s): Assoc. Prof. Dr. Hatice ERKURT

Year: JULY 2020

Keywords: Rapid Diagnostic test; Malaria; Sub-Saharan Africa.

HYPERLINK \l "_Toc51828475" ACKNOWLEDGEMENT PAGEREF

HYPERLINK \l "_Toc51828476" ABSTRACT PAGEREF

HYPERLINK \l "_Toc51828477" TABLE OF CONTENTS PAGEREF

HYPERLINK \l "_Toc51828478" LIST OF FIGURES PAGEREF

HYPERLINK \l "_Toc51828479" LIST OF TABLES PAGEREF

HYPERLINK \l "_Toc51828480" ABBREVIATIONS PAGEREF

HYPERLINK \l "_Toc51828481" CHPATER ONE PAGEREF

HYPERLINK \l "_Toc51828482" INTRODUCTION PAGEREF

HYPERLINK \l "_Toc51828483" 1.1 Background PAGEREF

HYPERLINK \l "_Toc51828484" 1.2 Problem Statement PAGEREF

HYPERLINK \l "_Toc51828485" 1.3 Research Objectives PAGEREF

HYPERLINK \l "_Toc51828487" 1.5 Conceptual Framework PAGEREF

HYPERLINK \l "_Toc51828488" 1.6 Assumptions PAGEREF

HYPERLINK \l "_Toc51828489" 1.7 Scope of the Study PAGEREF

HYPERLINK \l "_Toc51828490" CHAPTER TWO PAGEREF

HYPERLINK \l "_Toc51828491" LITERATURE REVIEW PAGEREF

HYPERLINK \l "_Toc51828492" 2.1 Introduction PAGEREF

HYPERLINK \l "_Toc51828493" 2.2 Global Burden of Disease PAGEREF

HYPERLINK \l "_Toc51828494" 2.3 Human Related Factors PAGEREF

HYPERLINK \l "_Toc51828495" 2.4 Knowledge on Malaria PAGEREF

HYPERLINK \l "_Toc51828496" 2.5 Socio-Economic Factors PAGEREF

HYPERLINK \l "_Toc51828497" 2.6 Environmental Factors/Climate PAGEREF

HYPERLINK \l "_Toc51828498" 2.7 Causes of Malaria Parasites PAGEREF

HYPERLINK \l "_Toc51828499" 2.8 Life Cycle of Plasmodium PAGEREF

HYPERLINK \l "_Toc51828500" 2.9 Pathogenesis of Malaria PAGEREF

HYPERLINK \l "_Toc51828502" 2.11 Clinical Features PAGEREF

HYPERLINK \l "_Toc51828503" 2.12 Diagnosis of Malaria PAGEREF

HYPERLINK \l "_Toc51828504" 2.13 Prevalence, Incidence and Determinants of Malaria

HYPERLINK \l "_Toc51828505" 2.14 Management of Malaria PAGEREF

HYPERLINK \l "_Toc51828506" CHAPTER THREE PAGEREF

HYPERLINK \l "_Toc51828507" METHODOLOGY PAGEREF

HYPERLINK \l "_Toc51828508" 3.1 Material and Methods PAGEREF

HYPERLINK \l "_Toc51828509" 3.2 Materials PAGEREF

HYPERLINK \l "_Toc51828510" 3.3 Materials Required To Perform RDTs PAGEREF

HYPERLINK \l "_Toc51828511" 3.4 Preparing To Perform the Test PAGEREF

HYPERLINK \l "_Toc51828512" 3.5 Malaria RDT Procedure PAGEREF

HYPERLINK \l "_Toc51828513" 3.6 Political Background PAGEREF

HYPERLINK \l "_Toc51828514" 3.7 Geography PAGEREF