Malaria among children under 10 years in 4 endemic health areas in Kisantu Health Zone: epidemiology and transmission.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is the second most malaria-affected country in the world with 21,608,681 cases reported in 2019. The Kongo Central (KC) Province has a malaria annual incidence of 163 cases/per 1000 inhabitants which are close to the national average of 153.4/1000. However, the malaria prevalence varies both between and within health zones in this province. The main objective of this study was to describe the epidemiology and transmission of malaria among children aged 0 to 10 years in the 4 highest endemic health areas in Kisantu Health Zone (HZ) of KC in DRC.

Methods

A community-based cross-sectional study was conducted from October to November 2017 using multi-stage sampling. A total of 30 villages in 4 health areas in Kisantu HZ were

SUBMITTER: Ilombe G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9814333 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature