1. AIDS/Other Diseases
Sub-Saharan Africa

2. Cholera
Inadequate sanitation and lack of a clean water supply can lead to cholera – an infection that is often fatal if not treated
In , widespread flooding caused some cases of cholera in Mozambique, but international relief efforts prevented a widespread outbreak

3. Malaria
Mosquitos carrying malaria – an infectious disease marked by chills and fevers that is often fatal – are common in African countries
The disease has become resistant to standard drugs because of overuse of those drugs in treating the disease during the past several decades

6. AIDS AIDS – acquired immune deficiency syndrome
HIV – human immunodeficiency virus
AIDS is often accompanied by tuberculosis – a respiratory infection spread between humans
70% of the world’s adult AIDS cases and 80% of the world’s children with AIDS are in African nations

8. AIDS
In 2000, AIDS took the lives of 3 million people worldwide, and of that 3 million, 2.4 million lived in sub-Saharan Africa
In 2000, nearly 26 million people in Africa were living with either HIV or AIDS
It is estimated that 2/3 of HIV/AIDS cases reported globally are in Africa
The 21 countries worldwide with the highest HIV prevalence are in Africa

11. Economic Impact of AIDS
People who are sick work less or not at all, earn less, and thus are pushed further into poverty
AIDS patients’ medical care is expensive
UNAIDS – program that studies the world’s AIDS epidemic
UNAIDS estimates that $4.63 billion will be needed to fight AIDS in Africa

12. Nations Respond
To fight malaria and other insect-borne diseases, African nations have used spraying programs since the 1930s to reduce insects
Some African countries, such as Gabon, are fighting disease by improving their health care systems