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Article Information:
Environmental and Socio-Economic Determinants of Malaria Rate in Sudan
Mohammed I. Musa, Shamarina Shohaimi, Nor Rasidah Hashim and Isthrinayagy Krishnarajah
Corresponding Author: Mohammed I. Musa
Key words: Climate variability, HDI, health production model, Malaria Rate, malaria rate, , Vol. 4 , (11): 923-929 |
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| March 14, 2012 |
September 24, 2012 |
November 20, 2012 |
The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship among malaria, climate variables and socio-economic factors in Sudan. The health production modification model was applied to examine the relations between climate variability (average temperature and average rainfall) and socio-economic factors, with the malaria rate per State in Sudan. The results of the model found that there are significant relations between the malaria rate, rainfall and water bodies, while there are no significant relations between malaria rate and temperature, percentages of the cultivated area to uncultivated, human development index and population density. Therefore, an in-depth study using monthly data and adding more control variables is needed. |
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Mohammed I. Musa, Shamarina Shohaimi, Nor Rasidah Hashim and Isthrinayagy Krishnarajah, 2012. Environmental and Socio-Economic Determinants of Malaria Rate in Sudan.
Research Journal of Environmental and Earth Sciences, 4(11): 923-929. |
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ISSN (Online): 2041-0492
ISSN (Print): 2041-0484 |
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