Ownership and utilisation of long lasting insecticide treated nets following free distribution campaign in South West Nigeria.

Introduction: Malaria has proven to be the most horrendous and intractable amongst the health problems confronting countries in the sub-Saharan Africa. This study aims to determine the ownership and utilisation of long lasting insecticide treated nets following free distribution campaign in a state in South West Nigeria.

Methods: Multi-stage sampling technique was used to recruit 2560 households spread across the 16 LGAs of the state.