Global Journal of Science Frontier Research, H: Environment & Earth Science, Volume 21 Issue 6

Climate variation as a matter of reality, does not affect not only malaria/asthma (though being the primary target of this research) but also regulates man’s social life e.g day-to- day activities such as economic activities, commercial transaction, agriculture, industrial and education etc, to some extent, both fauna and flora activities (lives). Therefore, positive aspect of climates important (Temperature, Insolation and Rainfall) etc cannot be completely forgotten, though may just be meager compare to its negative side. Ayoade (1998) said and I quote “the impacts of climate variation on society may be positive (benevolent or desirable) and negative (malevolent or undesirable). Yet climate is both a hazard and a resource depending on time, and the values and types of climatic parameters involved”. Despite its capacity to serve as a resources to man, unfortunately man ignorantly and deliberately augments the gaseous contents in the atmosphere (Green House Gasses). The drastic effects of human health vulnerability of climate (as mentioned earlier) includes infectious diseases such as; malaria, pneumonia, asthma, heat stroke, eczema, cardiovascular attack, influenza, bronchitis, diarrhea, as well as skin cancer and cataract of the eyes (eye blurred vision) among others. For a long time, much of the efforts utilized, in the management and limiting the eminence (future) impacts of climate variation on malaria/asthma has being more of adaptation and mitigation, has been referred to as emergency relief assistance or disaster management, humanitarian aids, and disaster prevention such as the efforts of Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Each of these elements and many others had, in their own respect, has a certain reactive focus of emergency/climatic infectious issues and vast amounts of money are still spent annually on response to situations of disaster/climatic related cases (ISDR, 2002). Like most countries of the world, Nigeria has not been thoroughly left behind in issues related to these, appropriately putting mechanism such as national disaster plan at alert. Strongly affiliating and adhering to the IPCC’s objectives, putting in place the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has not been found wanting to or in handling these issues. Consequently, when affected persons in around our locality are acknowledged, they both rush relief and assistance to such people, i.e distributions of mosquitoes nets (treated insecticides net) to hospitals and private parastatals and also governments of all levels, free distribution of drugs and treatments of some climatic infected cases i.e pneumonia skin cancer etc. Unfortunately, these attempts decreased and the victims are left on their own. Often, these may not be able to continue forever. Therefore, the lasting and best dimension of remedying these problem is by at first, scrutinizing the causes, creating awareness so as to establish individual precaution and limiting the climatic future vulnerability on our health, environments etc. Because the damage caused so far by this trend (Human Health vulnerability from climatic elements and his environments are of unimaginable proportions as the inhabitants in the habitats remain powerless even when there shall be no means of them refusing inhabiting their habitats (since climate is influential to both inhabitants above and beneath the earth surface). II. M aterials and M ethods a) Location The geographical entity known as Keffi local government area of Nasarawa state, Nigeria, was existing since 1802, located west ward of the state. It lies at the intersection of latitude 6 o 50 ′ N and longitude 7 o 50 ′ E. It is bounded to the north by Panda Development Area and to the East Kokona Local Government Area. While to the West Karu Local Government Area and Nasarawa Local Government Area at the South. (fig.1). It has a total land area of about 140.47km 2 . The town has a substantial parcel of land area reserved for developmental (residential) purposes by the state government. Some of these parcel of land extended to the southern hemisphere of the area use largely for farmland. With its hinterland extended and networked all around it. According to National Population Commission 2006 census, reported Keffi has a population of 92.664. That encompasses of 47.801 male, and female 44.862 with total of 10,674 households. (NPC, 2006). Relationship between Climatic Variables and Incidence of Malaria and Asthma in Keffi Local Government Area of Nasarawa State, Nigeria © 2021 Global Journals 1 Global Journal of Science Frontier Research Volume XXI Issue VI Year 2021 54 ( H ) Version I Therefore, the aforementioned alternative pointed out needs/ attention to over-rid these trends of climatic variation (rainfall, temperature and relative humidity) and its substantial influence on malaria/asthma whereby human health and comfort is impacted.