School of public health, Dilla University, Dilla, Ethiopia
Binyam Tariku Seboka is affiliated with the School of public health, Dilla University, Dilla, Ethiopia. He has completed his Masters-public health informatics (institute of public health)Education and is associated with many research work related to the field of tropical diseases and public health.
Research Article
Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Malaria Prevention in Africa: Evidence from COVID-19 Health Services Disruption Survey
Author(s): Binyam Tariku Seboka*, Samuel Hailegebreal, Robel Hussen Kabthymer, Helen Ali, Delelegn Emwodew Yehualashet, Abel Desalegn Demeke and Endris Seid Amede
Background: The Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has caused an unprecedented disruption in healthcare
systems throughout the world. This paper evaluated COVID-19’s impact on malaria-related health services in Africa. Hence,
measuring the disruption on malaria preventive and curative programs is essential for effective counteracts and future planning.
Methods: The research used data from the 2020 Premise COVID-19 Health Services Disruption Survey. Data were collected
from 14,615 respondents to measure malaria related prevention and curative service utilizations in 20 African countries. In
the analysis, other than descriptive statics and Chi-square test. Wilcoxon signed-rank test was employed to compare change in
the Insecticide-Treated Net (ITN) ownership rating before and during the COVID-19 pandemic. Further, .. View more»