Facts About Diseases In Africa?

Africa has some of the highest rates of disease in the world, especially in Sub-Saharan Africa and among children.

The vast majority of mortality causes in this region are preventable.

Top killers include malaria, diarrheal diseases, lower respiratory tract infections, and HIV/AIDS.

What are some diseases in Africa?

Factsheet: Infectious diseases

• Dengue and severe dengue. Dengue.
• Trachoma. Trachoma.
• Lymphatic filariasis. Lymphatic filariasis.
• Onchocerciasis. Onchocerciasis.
• Trypanosomiasis, human African (sleeping sickness) Trypanosomiasis, human African (sleeping sickness)
• Cholera. Cholera.
• Leishmaniasis.
• Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever.

What are the causes of diseases in Africa?

Africa’s top five causes of death

1. Lower respiratory tract infections. Lower respiratory tract infections were Africa’s leading cause of death in 2016.
2. HIV. The human immunodeficiency virus targets the immune system.
3. Diarrhoea.
4. Ischaemic heart disease.
5. Parasites and vector-borne diseases.

What is the number one cause of death in Africa?

The sixth leading cause of death in Africa is tuberculosis (456,000 or 4.7% of total), followed by malaria (403,000, or 4.4%), preterm birth complications (344,000 or 3.7%), birth asphyxia or trauma (321,000 or 3.5%) and road injury (269,000 or 2.9%). This information includes 2015 WHO data.

How many people in Africa have a disease?

Just over 8 million people died in sub-Saharan Africa in 2015. More than half of these deaths was due to malaria, HIV/AIDS, maternal and child diseases, anaemia and malnutrition. And more than a third of the deaths were due to cardiovascular diseases and cancer.

What is the deadliest disease in Africa?

HIV

What is the most dangerous disease in Africa?

Ebola: Africa’s Bloody Disease.

How many people die a day in Africa?

The Nepad draft strategy states that 5-million people die of hunger in Africa every year. The seminar report contradicts this, stating that 5-million children die of hunger annually in Africa; an average of ten every minute. The documents do not provide references for the figures or explain how they were arrived at.

Which diseases are dangerous in Africa?

Ebola: Africa’s Bloody Disease

• Introduction.
• Hemorrhagic Fevers.
• Ebola: Africa’s Bloody Disease.
• Marburg.
• Hantavirus: Four Corners, United States.
• Mad Cow Disease.
• CJD: Mad Cow’s Human Counterpart.
• Rabies.

What is the biggest killer in Africa?

HIV/Aids