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    ANALYSIS OF SPATIAL VARIATIONS OF HOUSING ENVIRONMENT AND DISEASES OCCURRENCE IN KEFFI - NASARAWA STATE, NIGERIA
    (Department of Geography, Nasarawa State State University Keffi, 2009-01-06) Abubakar, Mahmud; Adamu, Yusuf Muhammad; Sangari, Dalhatu Umaru
    The problem of ill health arising from poor housing environment is a major source of global concern. This study examined the relationships between the quality of urban housing environment in Keffi and the incidence of diseases occurrence in Keffi. The study uses over 4,000 clinical cases collected from four hospitals in Keffi and 300 questionnaires. Analyses of the data have shown housing quality and the rate of disease occurrence in Keffi. Similarly, the scores for the 30 quality variables used revealed inter-zonal differences in urban quality. The diseases were found to be endemic within the central areas, predominantly in poorly inaccessible and overcrowded residential neighborhood with deteriorated and deteriorating housing as 68 per cent of incidences are explained by environmental quality. However, only 41.4 per cent of the variation is determined by environmental quality. The study recommends on the housing improvement to enhance the health status of the residents, social responsibility; emphasis on such community sanitation strategies as enlightment campaign and other control measures among others. Action necessary at the policy level should include the review of the State’s health policy to focus more on environmental health and preventive health care. The policy should facilitate the people’s capacity to maintain and manage a clean environment through decentralized functions.
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    CREATING A GIS APPLICATION FOR LOCAL HEALTH CARE
    (Department of Geography, Nasarawa State University, Keffi., 2008-03-15) Abubakar, Mahmud; Sangari, Dalhatu Umaru; Adamu, Yusuf Muhammad
    The purpose of this paper is to show how Geographical Information Systems can be used to support health planners on a micro-scale. The first part of this paper discusses the issue that affects local health care planning which includemonitoring of catchment area and facilities management. The second part defines GIS and its possible uses in the health care field. The relevant GIS functions have also been explained. The third part of this paper discusses the created GIS application, which is made for a local health centre in Nasarawa Local Government Area, Nasarawa State. In this application, three sets of GIS models have been produced. These are catchment area, patient profile and patient distribution and disease flows models. The created GIS models are produced to help local health planners in their health care decision output.
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    PROBLEMS OF LOWER BENUE RIVER BASIN AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT UNDER INCREASED EFFECTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE IN NIGERIA
    (Department of Geography, Nasarawa State State University Keffi, 2014-01-06) Abubakar, Mahmud; Adamu, Yusuf Muhammad
    Problems of ecological disaster whether natural or man-induced have been on the increase in Nigeria exacerbated by Climate Change may pose major threat to the Nigerian economy by the year 2020. The objective of this study is to collect, explain and analyze some Hydrometeorological data using conventional statistical methods and derived parameters. The results revealed that annual rainfall curve for Makurdi indicates two periods of increased rainfall and followed by two periods of marked decrease lasting till 2005. In between these periods, the patterns of rainfall are oscillatory. Mean annual areal volume of Actual evapotranspiration is 23, 262.4 x 1 (f ni. Soil moisture deficit is from December to April in Wase basin. The mean annual soil moisture deficit is 312mm, with the annual areal volume of 20, 295.2 x Kf m3. Of the crops grown in the three sub­ catchment basins, those in southern portion of Katsina-Ala and Wase River Basins are likely to perform better on rain fed agriculture. Organized urbanization has compounded the problems of flooding and erosion in the Lower Benue River Basin — this problem has greatly altered the soil cover from one of woodland savannah in the rural environment to that of open surfaces, build-up slopes and valleys and general over-exposure of the city center to greater surface flow. The study recommends application of rainfall effectiveness indices and hydrological parameters in various problem areas of the Lower Benue River Basin
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    SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL PATTERNS OK DISEASE INCIDENCES AND DISTRIBUTION IN KEKFI METROPOLIS, NASARAWA STATE - NIGERIA
    (Department of Geography, Nasarawa State University, Keffi., 2010-08-10) Abubakar, Mahmud; Adamu, Yusuf Muhammad; Sangari, Dalhatu Umaru
    The issues of disease incidences and distribution in different areas of the worUl are still an important health problem. The study uses over 4, 000 diagnosed clinical cases collected from four hospitals in Keffi. The diseases were found to be endemic in Lngwar Rimi, Goriya. Iva 2 and l.imabaji cones all within the central areas predominantly in poorly inaccessible and overcrowded residential neighborhoods with deteriorated and deteriorating housing. A ranking of the diseases shows that Malaria has the highest frequency, followed by Measles. Whooping Cough, Hepatitis, Typhoid Fever, Amoebic Dysentery. Acute Diarrhea. Cholera. Encephalitis, Helminthiasis and finally Gastroenteritis respectively. The spatial patterns of the diseases observed indicate that: inadequate opening/windows: closeness of the residential buildings to pollution sources; inaccessibility of the residential areas, the type of medication as well as unhygienic qualities of the housing environment were the significant predictors to the incidence of the diseases in Keffi. The study therefore concluded that higher incidence that may occur can be prevented only if advance information on impending bad housing environment is available and quick response by a way of controlling measure is put in place.