MALARIA PREVALANCE AND HUMAN CAPITAL DEVELOPMENT IN KOGI STATE

Abstract

This study investigates the impact of malaria on human capital development in Kogi state.
The study used time series data on malaria prevalent rate, malaria death cases, public
expenditure on theprevention and treatment of malaria, and primary school
enrolmentand the method of autoregressive distributed lag (ARDL) techniques to carry
out the analysis. The estimated model revealed that while both malaria prevalent rate and
malaria death cases have negatively and significant impact, public expenditure on
prevention and treatment of malaria has positive impact on human capital
development.In the light of this finding, it is suggested that Nigerian government should
intensify its efforts in the fight against malaria. To this end, the government should
strengthen the roll back malaria programme, promote environmental sanitation and
create awareness on the danger of malaria among the people.