[01] Richard Otchere, Department of Science, Wesley College of Education, Kumasi, Ghana. [02] Christiana Dabankah, Department of Science, St. Louis College of Education, Kumasi, Ghana. [03] Kennedy Ameyaw Baah, Department of Science, Wesley College of Education, Kumasi, Ghana.

The main objective of this study was to assess the coverage of Treated Nets (ITNs) among pregnant women in Nkoranza South District. Coverage of possession of ITNs was assessed through descriptive cross sectional survey. The focus was on pregnant women in the study households of the twenty towns and villages. The sample size was obtained using statistical population proportion method. With this method the sample size was three hundred and eighty-four (384) pregnant women from the study communities. Structured questionnaire containing open and closed ended questions was employed to collect the data. The data was analysed using SPSS version 16.0 and Stata software. Descriptive statistics was employed in the analysis of field data. From the analysis of the data, 32% of pregnant women possessed ITN, 15% owned untreated bed net while 53% did not own any bed net. Most of the respondents’ knowledge about malaria was very high, 83% were aware that malaria was caused through the bite of mosquitoes, they also have knowledge about the cause and symptoms. ITN coverage in this study was still low. Education on ITN should be intensified and more emphasis should be laid on the re-treatment of nets since culture of net re-treatment was very low in the district. More permanent conical nets should be imported for easy hanging even without beds and should be highly subsidized for all especially pregnant women.

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