Table 1.

Characteristics of studies included in the systematic review and meta-analysis of prevalence and/or associated factors of malaria in Ethiopia, August 2022

Author [Pub year]	Region	Study design	Sample size	Prevalence	NOS score
Abrham et al. [2017]	Amhara	Cross sectional	419	9.1	7 (low risk)
Abossie et al. [2020]	SNNP	Cross sectional	271	22.14	6 (low risk)
Ahmed et al. [2021]	Binishangul	Cross sectional	356	3.93	7 (low risk)
Alkadir et al. [2020]	Binishangul	Retrospective	8660	15.88	8 (low risk)
IFA AC et al. [2018]	SNNP	Retrospective	5210	47.2	7.5 (low risk)
Legesse et al. [2019]	SNNP	Cross sectional	271	24.35	6.5 (low risk)
Shiferaw et al. [2018]	Amhara	Retrospective	12,096	20.54	7.5 (low risk)
Woday et al. [2019]	Afar	Cross sectional	484	64.04	7.5 (low risk)
Deressa et al. [2007]	Oromia	Cross sectional	3873	21.1	7 (low risk)
Deribew et al. [2010]	SNNP	Cross sectional	2410	9.42	7 (low risk)
Tsegaye et al. [2017]	Amhara	Cross sectional	585	8.72	8 (low risk)
Workineh et al. [2021]	Amhara	Cross sectional	207	18.36	7.5 (low risk)
Graves et al. [2009]	Oromia	cross sectional	11,538	–	7 (low risk)
Hailu et al. [2018]	Amhara	Cross sectional	333	–	7.5 (low risk)
Aychiluhm et al. [2020]	Ethiopia	Bayesian	8301	–	8 (low risk)
Abdishu et al. [2022]	Oromia	cross sectional	504	–	7.5 (low risk)