Abstract
A study of neonatal malaria infection was conducted between 1<sup>st</sup> April 2021 to 30<sup>th</sup> October 2021 to determine the prevalence of neonatal malaria among infant admitted in Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University Teaching Hospital (COOHT) Amaku Awka Anambra State South Eastern Nigeria. Four Hundred and Twenty (420) neonates admitted at the General Outpatient Department (GOPD) of the Paediatrics unit. Two hundred 200 (47%) of the population were randomly selected and enrolled for the study after informed consent was sort and obtained from their mothers before enrolling them in the study The mean age of the subject is Mean (±SD) 6.86±8.51 days. One hundred and eight 108 (54%) of the subject were male and 92 (46%) female. Neonate less than 7days were 125 (62%); neonate 7-14 days of age were 50 (25%) and 14-28 days were 25 (12.5%) respectively. Thick and thin blood films were prepared from the blood specimens obtained for the neonate persevered in Ethylene Diamine Tetracetic Acid (EDTA) on a microscopic slide stained with Giemsa solution and screened for malaria parasite under a microscope following the golden rule observing all the necessary precaution in the procedure. Grading parasitemia was done using Standard measure. The result showed an overall prevalence of malaria among neonates was 74 (37.0%), and 53 (26.5%) of the <i>Plasmodium </i>were negative while 73 (36.5%) of the screening test was not accessed (attrition). Recommendations were made and conclusion drawn.
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