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Detecting The Impact of Wealth Variation on Diarrhea Prevalence in Nigeria and Benin Republic Amongst Children Under 5 Years.
Subject area: Biological & Medical Sciences · Area of research: Child Health
DOI: https://doi.org/10.64388/IREV9I3-1710530-419
Abstract
Considering the variable spread of Diarrhea and its effect across African Countries, this research was aimed at comparing recent trends in Diarrhea prevalence in Nigeria and Benin republic amongst children under 5 years (U5), determining the efficacy of interventions design from past research. Data for this research was sourced from UNICEF database for Percentage of children (under age five) with diarrhea for whom advice or treatment sought from a health facility or provider. Percentage of U5 Children in Benin republic was observed to be less than 30% while Nigeria had a higher rate of less than 50% irrespective of wealth status or year observed for both countries. Benin republic showed about 5% Diarrhea decline post Covid 19 for both rural and urban locations unlike Nigeria that showed increase of U5 children with diarrhea with advancing years especially for the rich and urban locations. Using the Wealth variable, an increase in percentage of U5 children with diarrhea were higher from Rich areas compared to those from poor areas in the year 2022 in Benin republic. Nigeria also had a higher percentage for U5 children with diarrhea for urban and rich areas compared to rural and poor areas. Possible reasons could be over the years the efforts channeled towards rural countries has actually led to decline in diarrhea prevalence amongst children especially in poor areas for both countries. The graduating increase of U5 children with diarrhea with increase in years especially amongst the rich Nigerian population poses an health problem most likely not related to wealth but if not handled shows a tendency for further increase as the years progress. Thus urgent further study has to be done detecting the unique factors predisposing children within the rich community to diarrhea to aid design interventions tailored to that community.
Keywords
Benin Republic, Children Under 5 Years, Diarrhea Prevalence, Nigeria
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How to cite this paper
@article{1710530,
author = {Mohammed A. Olufunmilayo, Okuwe E. Augustina, Ovri Ase, Orovwuje S. Paul, Etifa Perezimor},
title = {Detecting The Impact of Wealth Variation on Diarrhea Prevalence in Nigeria and Benin Republic Amongst Children Under 5 Years.},
journal = {Iconic Research And Engineering Journals},
year = {2025},
volume = {9},
number = {3},
pages = {867-871},
issn = {2456-8880},
url = {https://www.irejournals.com/formatedpaper/1710530.pdf},
abstract = {Considering the variable spread of Diarrhea and its effect across African Countries, this research was aimed at comparing recent trends in Diarrhea prevalence in Nigeria and Benin republic amongst children under 5 years (U5), determining the efficacy of interventions design from past research. Data for this research was sourced from UNICEF database for Percentage of children (under age five) with diarrhea for whom advice or treatment sought from a health facility or provider. Percentage of U5 Children in Benin republic was observed to be less than 30% while Nigeria had a higher rate of less than 50% irrespective of wealth status or year observed for both countries. Benin republic showed about 5% Diarrhea decline post Covid 19 for both rural and urban locations unlike Nigeria that showed increase of U5 children with diarrhea with advancing years especially for the rich and urban locations. Using the Wealth variable, an increase in percentage of U5 children with diarrhea were higher from Rich areas compared to those from poor areas in the year 2022 in Benin republic. Nigeria also had a higher percentage for U5 children with diarrhea for urban and rich areas compared to rural and poor areas. Possible reasons could be over the years the efforts channeled towards rural countries has actually led to decline in diarrhea prevalence amongst children especially in poor areas for both countries. The graduating increase of U5 children with diarrhea with increase in years especially amongst the rich Nigerian population poses an health problem most likely not related to wealth but if not handled shows a tendency for further increase as the years progress. Thus urgent further study has to be done detecting the unique factors predisposing children within the rich community to diarrhea to aid design interventions tailored to that community.},
keywords = {Benin Republic, Children Under 5 Years, Diarrhea Prevalence, Nigeria},
month = {September},
doi = {https://doi.org/10.64388/IREV9I3-1710530-419}
}