Relationship between unimproved household sanitation facilities and malaria infection among under-five children in Nigeria: insights from Malaria Indicator Survey 2021
Malaria risk among under-five children in Nigeria is strongly associated with socioeconomic factors, rural residence, and maternal education, but not unimproved sanitation alone. Efforts to reduce malaria prevalence should target broader social determinants through health education and socioeconomic interventions in Nigeria and other endemic regions.
Authors
- Jing Kersey (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7256-3978)
- Nicholas Aderinto (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0004-7389)
- Olamide Asifat
- Adedeji Adenusi
- Tolulope V. Adebile (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3064-327X)
- Emmanuel Azu
- Adverlyn Ivey-Waters
Institutions
- Interfaith Medical Center (US)
- Georgia Southern University (US)
- Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (NG)
- Obafemi Awolowo University (NG)
- Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Malaria Journal
- Published
- 2025-03-27
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12936-025-05340-7
- Citations
- 6
- Primary Topic
- Child Nutrition and Water Access
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 6.72