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ABSTRACT
The paper examined the impact of health outcome in economic growth in Nigeria for the period of 1981 to 2017. The data used in the study were sourced from Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) statistical bulletin. The study used Real Gross Domestic Product (RGDP) as proxy for economic growth as the dependent variable malaria cases as the major independent variable. The study used descriptive statistics and error correction technique (ECM) for data analysis. The Agumented Dickey fuller and Phillip-Perran unit root test preceded the error correction estimation test in order to establish the stationarity of the variables. The error correction model (ECM) revealed that the coefficient of malaria cases with negative sign which conformed to economics theory is statistically significant as 5% level. The coefficient of life expectancy conformed to economics theory (i.e. positive) and statistically significant as 5% level. Maternal mortality rate and poverty had negative impact on economic growth in Nigeria. However, both are not statistically significant at 5% level. The study concluded that for the economy of Nigeria to improve the health of the citizens must be seen as priority by the government. The study recommended that the government should intensify its efforts in the fight against malaria to this end, the government should strengthen the roll back Malaria programme promote environmental sanitation and creation of awareness among rural dwellers and for renewed emphasis on government interventions in the nation’s economic activities that would help the poor particularly those found in the agricultural and the informal sectors.
