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The patterns of general circulation of the atmosphere which determines the characteristics of global and regional climate variations will be different from what it is currently. Current global warming may lead to significant change in global and regional climate related health challenges on humans. The main purpose of this work is to investigate the potential impact of climatic variations in relation to human health with Malaria in perspective. The climatic parameter that was used include the average temperature, rainfall amounts and health indexes of the study area. We investigated the factors responsible for increases or decreases in human’s health in relation to climate variations. Six years climate data and in and out patient malaria records from hospitals in Kosofe, Lagos were used and analyzed with linear regression analyses using the SPSS. The climate variables used in the bivariate correlation analyses include annual and seasonal totals and monthly rainfall in Nigeria. Preliminary result shows that there is a strong relationship between climate variation in rainfall and malaria disease in Nigeria with seasonal cycles.
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Ojeh, V.N., Aworinde, S.A. (2016). Climate Variation and Challenges of Human Health in Nigeria: Malaria in Perspective. In: Leal Filho, W., Azeiteiro, U., Alves, F. (eds) Climate Change and Health. Climate Change Management. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-24660-4_11
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