Access And Use Of Long Lasting Insecticide- Treated Net Among Households In Enugu East Local Government Area Of Enugu State, Nigeria

ABSTRACT Recognising the need for everyone to sleep under a long-lasting insecticide-treated net (LLINs), th Roll-Back-Malaria (RBM) and African Heads of states, in April 2000, established the “Abuja targets,” which includes LLIN use by at least 60% of pregnant women and under-fives in Africa by 2005. These targets and those of the Millennium Development Goals to reduce malaria morbidity and mortality can only be achieved through high access rate of LLINs and insurance that people who receive the nets actually sleep under them on a regular basis. This study aimed to ascertain access and use o…