Usually these deadly diseases kill the most vulnerable
part of nation – women and children. Annually they kill
much more people than Ebola.
1. Malaria (20% of deaths annually)
Malaria Consortium Nigeria informs that 11% of all child
deaths in the world happen in Nigeria.
The leading reason for them is malaria. Nearly 250,000 of
Nigerian children die every year from malaria. Despite
the fact that the most vulnerable for this diseases are
pregnant women and children, the entire population is at
risk.
2. Lower Respiratory Infections (19%)
Pneumonia and some other lower respiratory tract
diseases are the second leading case of deaths in
Nigeria. The main way of preventing it – an early
treatment. These kind of diseases affect children and
adults equally.
3 HIV (9%)
Nigeria has the second-largest number of people living
with HIV. in Nigeria the HIV prevalence rate among
adults ages 15–49 was 3.1% in the beginning of 2014.
Youth is more vulnerable to this disease and young
women are at higher risk that young men. Main cases of
getting HIV in Nigeria – heterosexual transmissions.
Diarrheal Diseases (5%)
4 Diarrheal diseas are common at the vast of African
countries. According to the UNESCO statistics, the
diarrhea death rate in Nigeria is 18.8% and is one of the
worst result in sub-Sahara Africa. Diarrhea is a case of
over 16% of child deaths in Nigeria. 150,000 deaths
mainly amongst children under five occur annually
because this disease. Usually it is caused by poor
sanitation and hygiene practices.
5. Meningitis (3%)
The worst thing about meningitis is that it usually has
very bad consequences for general health even after
recovery. For example on 2009 large outbreak of this
illness caused more than 75 000 cases and 4000
deaths in northern Nigeria and southern Niger.

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