Malaria claims at least one million African lives each year — 90
percent of all malaria deaths worldwide — and incapacitates millions
of more people who fall sick. However, in the past decade the world has begun to
respond to the threat of malaria like never before.
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Chad's ongoing conflict is hindering efforts to treat
HIV and Aids patients.
Health officials in Chad worry that there is a risk that HIV/Aids might
spread faster than it once did because of conflict. This strife is
equally threatening programs that were already in place. But medical
professionals say that despite these challenges, progress can be—and
was being—made against the disease.
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Children receive polio vaccinations through a
partnership with ExxonMobil.
Although the health challenges facing Africa are enormous, unique
efforts are underway to help diminish the human toll that illnesses
exact and to ease the related economic cost. One way this is being done
is with the help of the private sector.
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Countries in Africa have amongst the highest maternal mortality rates in
the world due to poor infrastructure, a shortage of drugs and health
care workers, and other factors. In Malawi, a woman has a one-in-18
lifetime risk of dying in childbirth. There are calls for the world to
more fairly share its resources and live up to pledges made decades ago
for more universal health care coverage.
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