Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
Main page; Contents; Current events; Random article; About Wikipedia; Contact us
Diseases and disorders in Africa (1 C) E. ... Pages in category "Health in Africa" The following 42 pages are in this category, out of 42 total.
Chromoblastomycosis and other deep mycoses, scabies and other ectoparasites, and snakebite envenomation were added to the WHO list in 2017. [12] These diseases are common in 149 countries, affecting more than 1.4 billion people (including more than 500 million children) [13] and costing developing economies billions of dollars every year. [14]
Loa loa is commonly found in Africa. [2] [page needed] It mainly inhabits rain forests in West Africa and has native origins in Ethiopia. [3] The disease caused by Loa loa is called loiasis and is one of the neglected tropical diseases. [4] L. loa is one of three parasitic filarial nematodes that cause subcutaneous filariasis in humans.
This is a list of infectious diseases arranged by name, along with the infectious agents that cause them, the vaccines that can prevent or cure them when they exist and their current status. Some on the list are vaccine-preventable diseases .
Endemic range of yellow fever in Africa (2005) Endemic range of yellow fever in South America (2005) Mosquito-borne diseases or mosquito-borne illnesses are diseases caused by bacteria, viruses or parasites transmitted by mosquitoes. Nearly 700 million people contract mosquito-borne illnesses each year, resulting in more than a million deaths. [1]
The disease occurs regularly in some regions of sub-Saharan Africa with the population at risk being about 70 million in 36 countries. [5] An estimated 11,000 people are currently infected with 2,800 new infections in 2015. [6] [1] In 2018 there were 977 new cases. [3] In 2015 it caused around 3,500 deaths, down from 34,000 in 1990.
TDR's vision is to foster an effective global research effort on infectious diseases of poverty in which disease endemic countries play a pivotal role. It has a dual mission of developing new tools and strategies against these diseases, and to develop the research and leadership capacity in the countries where the diseases occur.