1. TODAY’S ISSUES IN AFRICA: HEALTH CARE CH. 20 SEC. 2
PLEASE NOTE: The information in this Powerpoint focuses on how disease in Africa. Not all of the information may be applicable to other continents.

2. CHOLERA
CAUSES:
Inadequate sanitation
Contaminated food & water

3. CHOLERA SYMPTOMS/EFFECTS Diarrhea & vomiting Severe dehydration
Organ failure
Death
COUNTRIES AFFECTED
Nigeria, 2010

4. CHOLERA Improved sanitation infrastructure education Oral rehydration
TREATMENT
Oral rehydration
therapy
PREVENTION
Improved sanitation infrastructure
education

5. MALARIA
CAUSES
Spread by bite of infected female mosquito

6. MALARIA SYMPTOMS/EFFECTS Fever, headache vomiting
Cuts off blood supply
to organs
Death

7. MALARIA COUNTRIES AFFECTED
80% of all cases in world=sub-Saharan Africa

8. MALARIA TREATMENT Medication PREVENTION Medication before &
after travel to affected areas
Mosquito nets
Avoiding outdoor activities
Spraying programs

9. HIV/AIDS
CAUSES
sex w/infected person
during childbirth
breastfeeding

10. HIV/AIDS SYMPTOMS/EFFECTS
HIV: Lack of energy, weight loss, night sweats, infections that don’t go away
AIDS: low white blood cell countrare diseases that cause death
Tuberculosis, a serious respiratory infection, often accompanies HIV/AIDS in
infected people in Africa.

11. HIV/AIDS
KAPOSI’S SARCOMA

12. HIV/AIDS
PNEUMOCYSTIS PNEUMONIA

13. HIV/AIDS COUNTRIES AFFECTED
63% of all HIV/AIDS cases are in sub-Saharan Africa
Highest adult infection rates as % of pop: Swaziland, Botswana, Lesotho, Zimbabwe

14. HIV/AIDS

15. HIV/AIDS
TREATMENT
Medication

16. HIV/AIDS PREVENTION Education, especially for women Condoms
HIV testing

17. SOCIOECONOMIC EFFECTS OF DISEASE ON AFRICA
# of people working decreases
Decreased life expectancy
Orphans
Overburdened health care systems