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The study assessed the prevalence of malaria in HIV/AIDS patients attending HIV clinic atIshaka Adventist Hospital, the study objectives were to determine the proportion of HIVpatients with malaria, to identify the clinical manifestations of malaria amon g HIV positivepatients and to review different techniques used in diagnosis of malaria at Ishaka AdventistHospital in Bushenyi district. A descriptive cross sectional study was used for known HIVpositive patients attending Ishaka Adventist Hospital and involved systematic randomsampling of participants. The study found out that malaria prevalence was high among HIVpatients at 9.8%, nearly all patients who were diagonised with malaria reported having hadfever previously 87.1% , the presentation of mala ria can better be assesed as uncomplicatedmalaria and complicated malaria and in this study majority of the signs assessed were ofuncomplicated malaria, diagnostic measures of laboratory remain the most perfect way ofdiagnosing malaria other than clinic al assessment especially in HIV patients who areimmunocompromised nd can be ill of various oppotunistic infection. A lthough variousmethods have been advanced to curb malaria epidemic , the prevalence is still high, so thethe following are recommendation ; the government should distribute more mosquito netsespecially those whoare immunocompromissed like HIV patients, agencies for fightingmalaria and those of HIV should work together inorder to reduce the number of HIV patientsgetting malaria infection, patients should be health educated on the main signs andsymptoms of malaria such that they can quickly seek medical attention incase of the need, patients should be encouraged to take their ARVs to maintain their immunity relatively high so that they are not severely affected by malaria.