The prevalence of malaria () recorded was comparable to rate reported by Ejezie and Ezedinachi (1992) for the non-displaced residents in a malaria endemic location in calabar, south Eastern state, Nigeria, (Mara and Arma 2001). The prevalence of malaria among the children in the idp comps in however higher than the documented UNICEF’s prevalence rate of 34% for the under-fives with malaria fever in Nigeria for the period between 1999 and 2005 (UNICEF, 2007). The absence of ant-malarial measures such as the use of mosquito nets in the camp. .
