[ANSWER]NUR3101 Health Literacy Project: Primary Health Care in a Global Context – Mortality in Ethiopia

[ANSWER PREVIEW] While malaria affects all age groups in Mortality in Ethiopia, its incidence and associated mortality tends to be higher in children

As of 2015, P. falciparium accounted for about 82% of all malaria cases in the country, with the rest being attributable to P. vivax (Kalil et al., 2020). In 2016, the age-standardised rate of mortality in Ethiopia due to malaria was 4.9 per 100,000 population (Girum et al., 2017). Still in 2016, malaria was responsible for a total of 365,900 disability-adjusted life years (DALY) in Ethiopia, representing 0.78% of the overall DALY in the country and 1% of the total DALY globally (Girum et al., 2017).

While malaria affects all age groups in Mortality in Ethiopia, its incidence and associated mortality tends to be higher in children below five years and slightly greater in males compared to the rest of the population (Kalil et al., 2020). In addition, the disease is more prevalent in pregnant women, individuals with HIV/AIDs, and lower socioeconomic groups compared to the rest of the population (Fikrie et al., 2021; Kendie et al., 2021)…[Buy Full Answer for Just USD 9: 1575 WORDS]

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