Review Article
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 |
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