New figures published in the Lancet medical journal last month revealed that diarrhoea is now the biggest killer of under-fives in Africa . Previous figures had pneumonia as causing the largest number of deaths.
Read More Africa, biggest, deaths, diarrhoea, lancet, last-month, medical, Pneumonia, resultThe sicknesses caused by change in environment are still responsible for a great number of deaths in the African continent, on Tuesday here considered the regional director of the UN programme for Africa, Pierre Quiblier, ANGOP has learnt.
Read More Africa, angop, continent, deaths, director, pierre, regional, result, the-regionalMillions of Tuberculosis (TB) deaths will be averted if the billions of dollars required to develop faster diagnostics, improved treatment regimens and the development of a vaccine is made available by donors, according to the new plan released by World Health Organisation this week.
Read More billions, deaths, development, result, the-development, weekLONDON (Reuters) – Ten million AIDS deaths could be averted by 2025 and a million new HIV infections a year prevented if countries took a fresh look at how to meet targets on treating the disease, the United Nations AIDS programme said on Tuesday.
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