Nweze Blessing Chinwe
Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Science, Imo State University, Owerri, Nigeria
Publication History
Received: 10 August 2025 | Accepted: 5 September 2025 | Published: 12 December 2025
How to Cite: Nweze, B. C. (2025). The impact of improper waste disposal on the prevalence of malaria vectors in rural communities: A case study of Badagry and border communities. International Journal of Scholarly Resources. ISSN 1234-5678.
Abstract
The research problem targeted in this study was how improper disposal of waste materials contributed to the high prevalence of Anopheles mosquitoes among the Badagry border communities in Nigeria. The mosquito larvae presence in the area was checked by a cross-sectional survey done at five rural community locations that included waste disposal sites and water bodies. Environmental measurements involved determination of breeding habitats, physicochemical water quality analysis and the density of larvae. It was found to be found in 78 percent of known Anopheles breeding sites, which were linked to improperly discarded solid wastes, such as discarded containers, blocked drainage and polluted water bodies. The larval densities were also very high ( p<0.05 ) in the waste-contaminated waters than in the natural water bodies. Anopheles gambiae s.s. and Anopheles coluzzii were found to be predominant and they adapted to polluted environments. According to the household surveys, 65 percent of the residents discarded their waste in open dumps within 100 meters of their residential zones, thus establishing many artificial breeding scenes. The research finds poor waste disposal has been a major cause of malaria vectors in the border communities in Badagry and this requires the adoption of both waste management and control of the vectors.
Keywords: Rural communities, malaria vectors, badagry, badagry, anopheles mosquitoes, improper waste disposal, environmental management, vectors and vectors as malaria vectors.
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