Prevalence of malaria infection and the impact of mosquito bed net distribution among children aged 6-59 months in Ghana: Evidence from the Ghana demographic health and malarial indicator surveys.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To assess the prevalence of malaria infection and further quantify the impact of mosquito bed net distribution on malaria infection among children aged 6-59 months in Ghana.

Methods

A cross-sectional study using Ghana Demographic Health (GDHS) and Malaria Indicator (GMIS) surveys (2014 GDHS, 2016 GMIS, and 2019 GMIS). The exposure and the main outcomes were mosquito bed net use (MBU) and malaria infection (MI). Relative percentage change (Δ) and prevalence ratio (PR) were estimated to assess the changes and the risk of MI by MBU respectively. The Propensity-score matching treatment effect model was employed to estimate the average treatment effect (ATE) of MBU on MI. All analyses were performed using Stata 16.1 and p-value<0.05 was deemed significant.

Res

SUBMITTER: Tetteh J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10185735 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature