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may be localized on the skin, rarely may be systemic and life-threatening. VulvovaginalCandidiasis (VVC) is the second most common cause of vaginitis and commonly presentswith vulva pruritus, vaginal discharge, dysuria, and dyspareunia, approximately 10% ofwomen experience repeated attacks of Vulvovaginal Candidiasis without precipitating riskfactors. This research is to assess the prevalence of Vulvovaginal Vaginal Candidiasis amongpregnant women who attended Kamuli General Hospital. A cross-sectional qualitative andquantitative prospective study was used to recruit a total sample size of 15o pregnant womenwho consented to take part in the study and adhered to the recruitment procedures. Majorityof the pregnant women were aged 16-25 years 60(40%) and the minority were aged 36-45years 36(24%), Basoga were dominant with 112(75%), majority of the pregnant women weremarried 122(81.3%), those who never went to school were 54(36%), Catholics accounted for56(36%) as the highest in terms of religion, house wives were102(68%) while business womenaccounted for 32(21.3%). A total of 63(42%) positive isolates were identified, 86% reporteditching as the predominant symptom, 49% reported bad odor and burning constituted for27%. Of the 63 positive cases with VVC, 53(84.1%) were registered among married pregnantwomen while the least 01(1.6%) Occupation (p=0.02) and trimester (p=0.017) of the pregnantwomen showed statistical significance to prevalence of VVC. The prevalence of VVC amongpregnant women who attended Kamuli General Hospital was established as 42%, resultsshowed that (84.1%) prevalence was registered among married. There is great need for health education to explain to the girls, issues concerning their health. This should be done at least twice in every term.