The Perception of the Causes and Modes of Transmission of Malaria Parasite among residents in Nasarawa State
- November 13, 2019
- Posted by: RSIS
- Categories: Geography, IJRISS
International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science (IJRISS) | Volume III, Issue X, October 2019 | ISSN 2454–6186
Magaji J.I1, Ogah T.A2, and Adana M.Y3
1,2&3Department of Geography, Nasarawa State University, PMB 1022, Keffi, Nigeria
Abstract: – This study examined the perception of the causes and modes of transmission of malaria parasite among residents in Nasarawa State, with the aim of determining the perception of people between climatic factors and clinically confirmed cases of malaria. Adopting the questionnaire method for analysis, it was realised that, 52.1% i.e., over half the population thinks climatic factor affects the incidences malaria, while 20.8% said no and about 27% were not too sure.– hence the analyses proved that over 74% of the sample population thinks that mosquito bites is only means through which malaria can be transmitted, 17.5% said malaria is air bone, while the remaining proportion choose between body content (2.1%) and flies perching on food (5.8%). In conclusion, poor sanitation, dirty environment have adverse impact in the breeding, growth and development of mosquitoes and affects the incidence of malaria in Nasarawa State. Therefore, it was recommended that government and its partners should involve the people from all levels when designing strategies to combat the pandemic – since most of these people are also knowledgeable of the important facts about the disease.
Key words: Pandemic, Strategies, malaria parasite, perception, causes and mode.
I. INTRODUCTION
The impact of rising temperatures is steadily increasing the variety of health risks to the human populace. It has become clear that a major health risk is the extreme weather variation and increased transmission of vector-borne diseases (Espino et al, 1997). Climate change over recent decades has already had numerous damaging effects on human health. Spreading infectious diseases, longer and hotter heat waves, and extreme weather will all claim thousands of additional lives nationwide each year. The warming of climate is also creating the ideal conditions for spread of infectious disease, putting millions of people at risks. In addition, climate change has led to increased outbreak and the spread of dengue hemorrhagic fever (DHF), malaria, cholera, encephalitis and other diseases all over the world, not only in the Third World countries but also in developed countries (Patil and Deepa, 2007).
