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Public Health Expenditure and HIV/AIDS Epidemic in Nigeria: An Evidence from Vector Autoregressive Methodology

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  • Presley Osemwengie

    (University of Benin)

  • Ibrahim Shaibu

    (University of Benin)

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The paper was an attempt to investigate the impact of public health expenditure on diseases/epidemics in Nigeria particularly as development assistance for HIV/AIDS decreases. Data were sourced from World Development Indicator (WDI) from the period of 1982 to 2016 and analysis was done using a vector autoregressive (VAR) methodology. The findings from the VAR analysis indicate a negative significant relationship between hiv prevalence and government expenditure on health. Per capita income suggests weak relationship with hiv prevalence. Shocks from government expenditure on health and per capita income caused a persistent downward spiral in hiv prevalence and most of the variations in hiv prevalence explained by government health expenditure. The paper recommends that government expenditure on health would be a viable alternative for the management and control of epidemics/diseases in Nigeria cum to achieve the HIV/AIDS goal by 2030 compare to per capita income of households.

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  • Presley Osemwengie & Ibrahim Shaibu, 2020. "Public Health Expenditure and HIV/AIDS Epidemic in Nigeria: An Evidence from Vector Autoregressive Methodology," Acta Universitatis Danubius. OEconomica, Danubius University of Galati, issue 16(4), pages 111-124, AUGUST.
    • Handle: RePEc:dug:actaec:y:2020:i:4:p:111-124
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