GEOG 130 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Sub-Saharan Africa
25 Mar 2019
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Causes of death in low income countries differ from those in developed countries. Traffic accidents: 42% of traffic deaths are in low income countries. Traffic regulations/rules and if people know them. Tend to be younger, poor and male. A public health crisis people don"t really think about. People from haiti came to congo and contracted it. Infection rate: how many new people are getting it per year. Has declined 18%-20% globally over last decade. 8 countries account for 57% of new hiv infections in 2013. In africa, the percentage of adults with aids has increased since 1990. New issue in india, becoming widespread with 4 million people. Spreading from high risk groups to the general population. Men bring it back home to wives. Aids related illnesses remains the leading cause of death. More than 1 million adults and children die every year from hiv/aids in. Of the 2. 1 million new infections 150,000 were children and most live in.
