Predictors of sleeping under cost-free mosquito bed nets among children under-five years in Mbarara, Uganda: a household survey.

Background: In 2010, Uganda Malaria Control Programme distributed cost-free mosquito bed nets to households with children under-five years and pregnant women in selected sub-counties. We assessed the factors associated with sleeping under costfree mosquito nets among children under-five years in Nyakayojo sub-county, Mbarara District, Uganda.

Methods: 381 households with at least a child under-five years and benefited from cost-free bed nets in Nyakayojo were randomly selected.