1 Preprint: Please note that this article has not completed peer review. Knowledge, Awareness and Practices of Malaria in Western Area Rural District, Sierra Leone: A Household-based Cross-sectional Survey in the Middle of National Malaria Strategic Plan (2016-2020) CURRENT STATUS: UNDER REVIEW Lili WANG Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention ORCiD: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3000-1090 Jianhai Yin 2. National Institute of Parasitic Diseases, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention; Chinese Center for Tropical Diseases Research, Shanghai, China yinjh@nipd.chinacdc.cnCorresponding Author Canjun Zheng Chinese Center for Disesase Control and Prevention Samuel Juana Smith Ministry of Health and Sanitation Esther Ngegba Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention Xiaoxia Huang National Institute for Viral Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention Anitta Kamara Ministry of Health and Sanitation Xia Chen National Institute for Communicable Disease Control and Prevention Xu Wang National Institute of Parasitc Disease, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention Wei Luo