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ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS AND MALARIA PREVALENCE IN ENUGU URBAN-NIGERIA
Abstract—This study examined the relationship between the natural environmental factors and malaria prevalence in Enugu Urban. Data were collected on natural environmental factors such as rainfall, humidity and temperature from 2005-2009. Number of children less than two years who were affected and those unaffected with malaria from 2005-2009 were also obtained. Tables were designed for collecting records on malaria cases among the age group from sixty four health facilities
(hospitals, clinics, health centers, and health posts) within Enugu Urban and also for collecting records on the natural environmental factors of Enugu from State Ministry of Agriculture. Data collected were presented in tables, bar charts and line graphs. Hypothesis was tested using regression analysis. The results obtained showed that there is a significant relationship between environmental factors (temperature, humidity and rainfall) of Enugu Urban and malaria prevalence in the Urban. Though the natural environmental factors cannot be altered by man, the physical environment of Enugu Urban can be altered to reduce the effects of the natural factors on malaria prevalence. The study therefore recommends environmental manipulation and modification through vegetation clearing, proper waste management, and filling of potholes, ditches and health education of inhabitants, among others.
Keywords:environmental factors, temperature, humidity,
rainfall, malaria prevalence.