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| InfoShare Partner: Disease Control Priorities Project (DCPP) |
| Publication Date: April 2006 |
| Type of Document: Article/Report/Paper |
| Topics: Child health/survival, Financing/management, Gender, HIV/AIDS, general, HIV/AIDS prevention, HIV/AIDS care/treatment, Immunization, Infectious diseases, other, Maternal health/survival, Reproductive health, general, Service delivery, Sexual health/STIs |
| Region: Global |
| Language: English |
| Additional information: Please go to www.dcp2.org for more fact sheet on a wide range of health and health finance topics. |
| Number of Pages: 4 |
| File Size: 877 KB |
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Intro Paragraph:
Infectious diseases kill more than 11 million people a year
and diminish the lives of countless others. Virtually all deaths
due to infectious diseases occur in low- and middle-income
countries. Among the top 10 causes of death in those countries,
lower respiratory infections, HIV/AIDS, diarrheal diseases,
tuberculosis (TB), and malaria account for 22 percent
of total deaths (see Figure 1). In contrast, in high-income
countries, the only infectious disease that appears among the
top 10 leading causes is lower respiratory infections—which
comprise 4 percent of all deaths.
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