A Venue-Based Survey of Malaria, Anemia and Mobility Patterns among Migrant Farm Workers in Amhara Region, Ethiopia

Rebekah Stewart Schicker, Neway Hiruy, Berhanu Melak, Woyneshet Gelaye, Belay Bezabih, Rob Stephenson, Amy E Patterson, Zerihun Tadesse, Paul M Emerson, Frank O Richards and Gregory S Noland

PLOS ONE, 2015, vol. 10, issue 11, 1-22

Abstract: Background: Mobile populations present unique challenges to malaria control and elimination efforts. Each year, a large number of individuals travel to northwest Amhara Region, Ethiopia to seek seasonal employment on large-scale farms. Agricultural areas typically report the heaviest malaria burden within Amhara thereby placing migrants at high risk of infection. Yet little is known about these seasonal migrants and their malaria-related risk factors. Methods and Findings: In July 2013, a venue-based survey of 605 migrant laborers 18 years or older was conducted in two districts of North Gondar zone, Amhara. The study population was predominantly male (97.7%) and young (mean age 22.8 years). Plasmodium prevalence by rapid diagnostic test (RDT) was 12.0%; One quarter (28.3%) of individuals were anemic (hemoglobin

Date: 2015
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