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African Statistics: the state of African health

The African Mothers’ Index 2003
taken from The Complete Mothers’ Index 2003 - download as an excel file

Africa Health Statistics 2002
Selected data for Africa taken from World Health Report 2002

Africa Health Report 2002
In 2002 communicable diseases continued to be the main causes of death in Africa.

HIV/AIDS in Sub Saharan Africa at end 2001
HIV/AIDS data for Africa taken from the UNAIDS Report on the global HIV/AIDS epidemic 200

Global Fund to fight HIV/AIDS, TB and Malaria, First Round Approvals in 2002
The board of the Global Fund announced the fund's first two-year grants in April 2002 awarding $378 million to 40 programs in 31 countries.

Top 20 causes of mortality in Africa
Figures showing the main causes of mortality in Africa in 1999 from the WHO. HIV/AIDS, Malaria and TB accounted for a third of all deaths.

Cost of HIV/AIDS, Malaria & TB to Africa
The actual cost of preventing these three diseases is very snall compared to the damage they do to African health.

African Healthy Life expectancy
Disability Adjusted Life Expectancy (DALE) summarizes the expected number of years to be lived in what might be termed the equivalent of "full health." Only three African countries come in the top 100 out of 191 countries

WHO estimates of health personnel

Public health and Private health access in Africa

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