In recent years, there has been increase in human and financial commitments to
malaria control, nationally and internationally, partly due to the need to meet the
development targets set in the millennium development goals (MDGs).
However, these efforts have not translated into significant decrease in the disease
incidence and its impact in Nigeria. Using the cost of illness analysis, the paper
found that an estimate of about 10% of gross domestic output of Oyo state is lost
annually to malaria attack. This has serious implications for the achievement of
development blueprint in the National Economic Empowerment and
Development Strategies (NEEDS) and the MDG target. Effective control of
malaria is capable of reducing household poverty, inequality, welfare and
aggregate national development.