: knowledge and use of insecticide treated mosquito nets in malaria control and prevention among pregnant women in Banaadir Hospital.

Abstract Malaria has posed a great challenge to public health because it has remained one of the major causes of morbidity and mortality. Globally, there are at least 300-600 million acute cases of malaria each year, resulting in over one million deaths (Reyburn, 2010) World Health Organization (WHO) in 2010 revealed that over 92 million cases of malaria occur every year in sub-Saharan African alone. (Ntirushwa, 2004) Malaria exerts an enormous toll on lives, medical cost and days of labour lost