Malaria remains leading causes of morbidity and mortality globally. In Ethiopia, malaria cause evidential public health and Socio-economic effect. This study targeted at assessing the current prevalence of malaria and society awareness against malaria control strategies in Assosa district western, Ethiopia. All malaria suspected individuals who have complains of febrile illness in selected health institutions in the study area from September 2020 to February 2021 was considered to determine the current malaria prevalence. Individuals who visited the health institutions for any kind of health care service and selected house holders were the study subjects. Highest rate of malaria positivity was recorded at health post with positivity rate of 9.1% followed by private clinic with positivity rate of 4.9% whereas Assosa hospital and health center has positivity rate of 3.2% and 3.1% respectively. More males (69%) were affected by malaria than females (31%). Malaria morbidity was more concentrated in the age of 15-25 (38%) followed by age from 5 to 14(25%). P. falciparum is the dominant Plasmodium species over P. vivax in the study site which is 89% and 10% respectively. Most of the respondents (97%) had heard about malaria and similar number of respondents believed that malaria is one of the serious diseases of the community, around 94% of participants have at least one ITN. Most of the respondent especially in Assosa town claimed that the type of ITN is not comfortable to use it in their home. The overall malaria prevalence of Assosa district is 3.4 % which implies very low infection prevalence. Also, this research indicated that the community in the study area have good awareness on malaria control strategies. Keywords: Assosa; Blood smear; Malaria; Society awareness; Prevalence.