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I need to know what's an interesting public health/infectious disease problem in sub-saharan africa?
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Many possibilities: http://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/87/12/09-073445/en/ for an overview.
Answered 4/7/2013
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Infectious Diseases : Malaria, mosquito borne viral infections, parasitic infections, and in children infectious diarrheas are all issues which deserve more attention.
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