RESUMEN
A hospital-based descriptive study was conducted in 1998 to determine the prevalence of malaria and occurrence of anaemia among pregnant and non-pregnant female adults attending malaria centers in Sana'a and Abyan. A total of 650 females [400 pregnant and 250 non-pregnant]were investigated for malaria parasite in the blood and hemoglobulin level. 188 [47%] of the pregnant and 60 [24%] of the non-pregnant women were found to be positive for malaria. Plasmodium falciparum was the most prevalent species accounting for 87% of the total malaria infection in pregnant and non-pregnant women. Younger women [pregnant and non-pregnant] were more susceptible for malaria infection then older women. Malaria infection was more prevalent in primigravidas than in multigrabidas and in second trimester than in third trimester. Results emphasize the need to target malaria control for this group of women