Description
Introduction
Malaria is one of the leading causes of child morbidity and mortality in many developing countries. The objective is to analyze the impact of Covid-19 on the implementation of malaria control activities in upper Katanga from January 2020 to June 2021.
Methods
This is a cross-sectional descriptive study that took place in the HGRs of Hakika and Kenya. The inclusion criteria consisting of all data from the records of patients on whom the diagnosis of malaria was made. The analysis data was made by Stata 16.
Results
The distribution of MILD was low during NPCs at HGR Kenya than at HGR Hakika; the all-cause mortality rate decreased in both HGR by 0.4‰ in Kenya and 12.6‰ in Hakika; a low percentage of positive TDRs in S1 2020 in Hakika (15.8%) and Kenya (21.8%) than in S1 2021 in Hakika (8.5%) and Kenya (14.9%); as well as the percentage of children aged 6 to 59 months who had a malaria infection was lower in S1 2021 in Kenya (22.4%) and in S1 2020 in Hakika (16.5%), both HGR recorded a low level of intermittent preventive treatment delivery, 11.3% in S1 2020 and 12.1% in S1 2021 in Hakika and 5% in S1 2020 and 10.3% in S1 2021 in Kenya.
Conclusion
Our study shows that the occurrence of the Covid-19 pandemic is negatively hampering the implementation of malaria control activities in Haut Katanga province.
Email address of corresponding author: andrekaseba86@gmail.com
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