Abstract
The study determined incidence rate and trend of malaria among pregnant
mothers in Nsukka LGA of Enugu State for 2008-2012. Three specific objectives,
three research questions and one hypothesis guided the study. The study
adopted expost facto design using retrospective survey. The population of the
study consisted of all pregnant mothers that attended health facilities in Nsukka
LGA within 2008-2012. A total number of 1, 277 new malaria case files between
2008– 2012 was sampled for the study. Inventory profoma was used for data
collection. Data generated were analysed using percentages. The null hypothesis
was tested using chi–square at .05 level of significance. The results showed that
incidence rate of malaria among pregnant mothers recorded highest (24.7 per
1000) in 2011 and lowest (13.5 per 1000) in 2008. There was increase and decrease
incidence trend of malaria for the five years. The null hypothesis of no significant
difference in the incidence of malaria among pregnant mothers based on age was
accepted. Based on the findings, the researchers recommended among others
that, pregnant mothers should be encouraged by health providers to utilize roll –
back malaria programmes.