Prevalence of malaria in district Peshawar

2. TABLE OF CONTENTS
 Introduction
 Aims and Objective
 Methodology
 Data collection procedure
 Data analysis procedure
 Results
 Conclusion
 References

3. MOTIVATION
 Malaria is one of the major health concerns in Pakistan.
 Increased prevalence in Pakistan particularly in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
 P. vivax responsible for approximately 80% of infections and P. falciparum
causing 20% of infections are the two prevalent Plasmodium species in Pakistan
(Khan et al., 2023).
 For this purpose, this research was carried to get insights into the prevalence of
malaria.

4. INTRODUCTION
 Malaria is an infectious and deadly parasitic disease caused by
the genus Plasmodium.
 Transmitted to human beings through a bite of an infected
Anopheles mosquito. (Djihinto et al., 2022). .
 One of the leading causes of death over the world with almost
400,000 deaths per year.
 More than 200 million cases of malaria are reported every year
worldwide (WHO 2019).

5. AIMS AND OBJECTIVE
The aim of the current study was to
assess the prevalence of malarial
parasite in district Peshawar.
To evaluate the seasonal malarial infections during
Summer season.
There has been seasonal, age and gender wise
differences in the prevalence of Malaria.

6. Study design:
A cross-sectional descriptive study.
Study setting:
Study was conducted at HMC Lab Hayatabad Medical
Complex Peshawar
Study duration:
This study was conducted after approval of synopsis.
METHODOLOGY

7. METHODOLOGY
Sample size:
Error Margin of 5%
Confidence interval 95%
Prevalence at 23%
Sample size was calculated to be 100 (WHO calculator)
Study Technique:
Non-probability convenient sampling technique.

8. DATA COLLECTION PROCEDURE
 100 blood samples were collected from various private labs at Dabgari
gardens and other health care labs in district Peshawar.
 10 μL blood drop was poured in strip’s blood region.
 2-3 drops of malaria buffer was added to the blood on strip.
 Waited for 20 minutes (Abbas and Dijkstra 2020).
 RDT and ICT method was used.

9. DATAANALYSIS AND RESULTS
 Result interpretation.
 Analysis on SPSS (26 version).
 Descriptive analysis (frequency and percentages).
 Gender, Age and Month wise distribution.

10. RESULTS
Gender wise Distribution:

11. Age wise Distribution

12. Month wise distribution
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Frequency
Months
Month wise distribution

13. CONCLUSION
 It was concluded from the current study that Malaria has mostly infected
male patients.
 Furthermore, Malaria infection was noted in the month of September and
October.
 That may be due to the higher risk of Mosquito nourishment caused by
higher temperatures in this season.
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14. REFERENCES
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