Diseases like rabies, HIV/AIDS, and parasites afflict many people in parts of Africa like Mauritania, Mali, and Burkina Faso. There are often no effective drugs available to treat these illnesses, and sick people can spread infections through blood and bodily fluids. Maternal health is also a major issue across Africa due to shortages of trained midwives and modern equipment and medications in under-resourced hospitals that can be distant from rural communities. High birth rates exacerbated by limited access to family planning education further contribute to health problems on the continent.

2. Facts:
• Rabies, aids/HIV, and parasites are just
some of the diseases
Mauritania, Mali, and Burkina Faso are
few of the country’s that suffer

3. Facts:
• There are no drugs that work against
these diseases.
People get sick and their infected blood
and bodily fluids infect others

4. Facts:
• Maternal heath is a huge problem in Africa
Hospitals can be few and far between in
some areas

5. Facts:
• Hospitals there are often do not have
enough trained midwives
There is a lack of up-to-date equipment
and drugs

6. Facts:
• There are significantly more births in
Africa than any other continent
Aids is another massive problem, the lack
of availability of education about
contraception is one of the reasons for this