Assessing the Influence of Climate Variability on Malaria and Typhoid Fevers Cases in Guyuk Local Government of Adamawa state of Nigeria

Abstract

Typhoid Fevers cases in Guyuk Local Government of Adamawa State. The objective of the study is to look at how variations in patterns of climatic elements influence the incidence of malaria and typhoid fevers cases in Guyuk Local Government Area. The method of data collection is fieldwork where the researcher visited the hospitals in the study area in order to collect data. The research used both primary and secondary data sources. The data of monthly record of temperature (minimum and maximum); rainfall and relative humidity from 2014 to 2023 for Guyuk, were collected from Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NIMET) Adamawa. Descriptive and inferential statistics such as such as correlation was used to analyze the data where results were presented in percentages and bar charts. The research reveals that malaria and typhoid fevers were the two most common climate variability related diseases that occur in the study area. The relationship between malaria and typhoid fevers and the climatic elements such as temperature and relative humidity were high meanwhile relative humidity have the most significant effect on the two diseases. On the seasonal basis, all the three climatic elements were found to influence the occurrence of these diseases based on prevailing season, but the influence varied from one disease to another. It was observed that malaria and typhoid had the highest number of mean of occurrence in all the months. The frequency of typhoid was low when compared to malaria. The study showed that relative humidity and rainfall have a greater influence on the occurrence of malaria and typhoid when compared to the effect of temperature, hence malaria and typhoid showed a more significant relationship with the weather elements. The study recommends that Because of the prevalence of malaria in the study area, it is recommended that free mosquito nets should be provided regularly to the people.