Evaluation of the Millennium Development Goal 4 (Reduce Child Mortality) and the Impact of Government Expenditure on Health in Nigeria

Oru Patricia Oghenekevwe and Sodeeq Opeyemi Adesoye
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Oru Patricia Oghenekevwe: Department of Economics, School of Secondary Education (Business), Federal College of Education (Technical), Asaba, Delta State, Nigeria
Sodeeq Opeyemi Adesoye: Policy Innovation Center, Nigerian Economic Summit Group Abuja, Nigeria

International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science, 2024, vol. 8, issue 3s, 2254-2261

Abstract: This study assesses millennium developmental goal MDG 4 (Reduce Child mortality) and role of government expenditure on health 2000-2015. The statistical tool employed for analysis was the ARDL, given data obtained from the Statistical Bulletin of the Central Bank of Nigeria and the World Bank Development Index. The authors have addressed issues such as government health expenditure, under-five mortality, and also MDG 4 trend analysis in Nigeria. In line with the theoretical prediction, the empirical findings show that government recurrent expenditure on health has the expected positive but however is statistically insignificant with Under-five mortality rate in Nigeria. However, it gives emphasis to the fact that there is a strong need to intensify immunization activities to generate long term strategic outcome. To ensure reduction in under-five mortality, the government need to invest in effective health programmes, and also have to work to remove inefficiencies that have been identified and focus on achieving the Sustainable Development Goal 3. Primarily, realizing value of available resources and exploiting early start is critical.

Date: 2024
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