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Facts about Africa
Many poor people, children and women in particular, die without ever accessing a health facility
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Facts
About Africa
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- In 2002, 1.1 billion people lacked access to improved water sources, which represented 17% of the global population
- In sub-Saharan Africa sanitation coverage is a mere 36%.
- There are 396 million episodes of malaria every year, most of the disease burden is in Africa south of the Sahara.
- In sub-Saharan Africa, 42% of the population is still without improved water
- Snail Fever (Schistosomiasis) from parasitic flatworms causes tens of thousands of deaths every year, mainly in sub-Saharan Africa.
- Many poor people, children and women in particular, die without ever accessing a health facility
- Eight out of ten children, who get infections, die at home and six of them without any contact with formal health services.
- Almost 90% of all child deaths are due to preventable causes - malaria, pneumonia, diarrhoea, malnutrition and complications of low birth weight.
- Over 52% of deaths are caused by acute febrile illness, primarily Malaria.
- Taken together, acute respiratory infections, still births, and diarrhea diseases account for another 25% of deaths.
- 84% of the total burden of disease is caused by communicable, maternal, perinatal and nutritional causes
- Malaria causes an estimated 2.7 million deaths per year, with most of these deaths occurring in Africa.
- About 28.6 percent of Tanzanians cannot read and write in any language.
- The United Republic of Tanzania realizes that quality education is the pillar of national development. Only through quality education will Tanzania will be able to create a strong and competitive economy which can cope with the challenges of development and can easily adapt to the changing market and technological conditions in the region and global economy.
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