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Reasons Diseases Are Prevalent in Africa
Reasons Diseases Are Prevalent in Africa
But most Africans find it hard to use mosquitoes nets in order to shield them
2. HIV/AIDS is Mainly transmitted through sex (95%) and the way to stop it is
virus.
3. Cholera, Malnutrition: Only clean water, personal hygiene and food intake
may help reduce this. Food in Africa is expensive; access to clean water is a
big challenge. These combined factors shorten the life span of the
inhabitants of Africa.
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4. Tuberculosis and other respiratory disease: AIDS is also one of the
reason but low quality standard of living and weak immunity due to
facilities and access, inadequate technologies etc… but all will rotate around
one core element and that is POVERTY! And the only way to eradicate
significant amounts of pesticides haven’t been used to kill every living thing;
government areas and districts. This gives the disease causing organisms to
serious disease still holds water.” Poverty is one of the major causes of
hardship and this increases the rate of suffering of the common African
from contracting the disease. Poor education on safe sexual practices may
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i. Geographic position - high heat, high humidity, or droughts, lots of pests:
j. In Africa the eating of bush meat and other animals found dead: the
risk of contracting the disease that terminated the life if the individual.
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