<p><strong>Methods:</strong> An institution based cross-sectional study was conducted in Dire Dawa city administrations from October to December, 2023. Ethical approval was received from the Institutional Health Research Ethics Review Committee of Haramaya University. The socio-demographic and clinical information of patients were collected using a structured questionnaire and World health organization clinical checklist. Four milliliters of venous blood were collected from each empiric cases for determination of hematological parameters using Uni-cell DXH 800 hematology analyzer. Kruskal-Wallis test, Spearman correlation test, and logistic regression were used during data analysis. A P-value of &lt; 0.05 with a 95% confidence interval was considered as statistically significant.</p>