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Disease (Malaria (Infectious but non-contagious tropical disease,…
Disease
Malaria
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Concentrated in Africa, Latin America, South Asia and Southeast Asia
Transmitted to humans by Anopheles mosquitoes which thrive in warm, humid environments. Anopheles mosquitoes are disease vectors that carry infected blood to different hosts leading to a spread of the disease.
Malaria is absent from cooler, drier areas(deserts, high mountains and plateaux) and urban areas
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Diabetes
Non-communicable disease caused by deficiency in insulin, hormone secreted by pancreas
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Widespread in both developed and less developed world but strongly concentrated in North-America, East and South Asia.
Type 1 = develops in childhood/genetic, Type 2 = adulthood linked to obesity/poor diet/physical inactivity
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HIV/AIDS
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In 2015, 35 million people were infected worldwide
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Global distribution is uneven but mainly concentrated in sub-Saharan Africa. South Africa and Nigeria have large numbers while in Swaziland and Lesotho more than a quarter of the population carry the disease
Tuberculosis(TB)
In 2013, there were nearly 9 million cases of TB worldwide and 1.5 million deaths
In infectious and highly contagious disease associated with poverty and overcrowded living conditions
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Present in all regions, however 95 percent of deaths occur in low and middle income countries. Africa has the most deaths due to large amount of people having HIV/AIDS
