Associated factors of pregnant women exposition to Malaria in Burkina Faso.

Malaria continues to represent a major public health problem in areas of endemicity, with an estimated 225 million cases worldwide in 2009. The 2015 goals of the World Health Organization’s (WHO’s) Roll Back Malaria Partnership are to reduce global malaria cases by 75% from 2000 levels and to reduce malaria deaths to near zero through universal coverage by effective prevention and treatment interventions. Maternal health is linked with maternal education that results in greater utilization of modern health services. Educated women are better able to break away from tradition to use moderns’ means of safeguarding their own health and those of their children. Educated women are better able to use what is available in the community to their advantage. Pregnant women are vulnerable and exposed to malaria within the tropical countries. Based on the magnitude and the importance of the problem, the following objectives were assigned to this study:
• Describe the use of insecticide treated nets (ITNs) among pregnant women
• Identify socio-demographic factors which are statistically associated to the use of insecticide treated nets (ITNs) among pregnant women
• Examine the magnitude and sense of the influence of each determinant of the use of insecticide treated nets (ITNs) among pregnant women.