The Prevalence of Malaria among Pregnant Women in Ethiopia: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Table 1

General characteristics and outcomes of the included studies (n=7).

Author	Study design	Region	Year of study	Type of cases	Sample size	Prevalence of malaria (%)	Study quality
Million G et al.	Cross sectional	Southwest Ethiopia	2009	Asymptomatic	388	11.86	Good
Nega D et al., 2015	cross sectional	South Ethiopia	2015	Asymptomatic	341	9.1	Good
Asmamaw T et al., 2013	cross sectional	Northwest Ethiopia	2013	Asymptomatic	212	2.8	Good
Sime H et al., 2009	cross sectional	Central Ethiopia	2009	Symptomatic	92	44.6	Good
Geleta G et al., 2017	cross sectional	Northwest Ethiopia	2017	Symptomatic	760	16.3	Good
Robert D et al.	cross sectional	Central Ethiopia	2003	Symptomatic	962	4	Good
Tegegne B et al., 2017	cross sectional	Northwest Ethiopia	2017	Symptomatic	87	11.4	Good