Socio-economic burden of guinea worm disease in Ogun State: A discriminant analysis approach

The paper employs discriminant analysis to examine key socio-economic variables which distinguish residents of Odeda from Obafemi - Owode local government areas of Ogun State based on the incidence of guinea worm disease status. It is evident that source of drinking water consumed, medication method...

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Published inAfrican journal of agricultural research Vol. 4; no. 11; pp. 1138 - 1147
Main Authors Awoyemi, T T, Sowunmi, F A
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Lagos Academic Journals 01.11.2009
Subjects
African studies
Drinking Water
Economic Impact
Economics
Epidemiology
Filters
Medical research
Socioeconomic Factors
Water Pollution
Nigeria
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Summary:The paper employs discriminant analysis to examine key socio-economic variables which distinguish residents of Odeda from Obafemi - Owode local government areas of Ogun State based on the incidence of guinea worm disease status. It is evident that source of drinking water consumed, medication method adopted and duration of healing of guinea worm disease have strong discriminating effects than other socio-economic variables like age, sex, access to health education and type of labour employed. The study revealed an average man-day loss of N850.20 and N1, 350 as the cost of treating the infection that takes 43.7days to heal completely. The paper suggests provision of safe drinking water, either through boreholes, pipe borne water or ensuring that other sources of water like ponds are filtered or treated with necessary chemicals.[PUBLICATION ABSTRACT]
ISSN:1991-637X