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Between 2009 and 2018, cancer cases in Zimbabwe almost doubled, according to the national cancer registry. This has been due to drivers such as behavioural risk factors for cancer and poor access to screening, treatment and palliative care. According to the latest available statistics from the World...

Nigeria recorded the highest number of malaria deaths across the world in 2021, according to the latest World Malaria Report. According to the report, Nigeria accounted for 31% of the 619,000 deaths recorded worldwide (191,890 deaths), of which Africa recorded a total of 599,000 deaths during this p...

In 2021, an estimated 24.6 million people in Africa were living with HIV. ...

As of 12 December 2022, Lagos had the largest number of Covid-19 cases with 104,204 lab-confirmed cases. ...

Whereas the global rate of road traffic death was 17 per 100,000 population in 2019, the rate of road traffic death in Sub-Saharan Africa stood at 27 per 100,000 people in the same year. ...

According to a report by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, in 2020 the highest rates of child obesity were in Algeria (12.9%) Libya (25.4%), Tunisia (16.5%), Comoros (17.2%), Egypt (17.8%) and South Africa (12.9%). ...

The percentage of diphtheria-tetanus toxoid and pertussis (DTP3) immunisation coverage among 1-year-olds in Eastern and Southern Africa was 74% in 2021. In Western and Central Africa, coverage was 67% in 2021. ...

Between 2022 and 2050, the population of sub-Saharan Africa is expected to almost double, surpassing 2 billion inhabitants by the late 2040s. With average fertility levels remaining close to 3 births per woman in 2050, sub-Saharan Africa is projected to account for more than half of the growth of th...

In 2021, measles immunisation coverage (MCV1) in Western and Central Africa was 64%, and 71% in Central and Southern Africa. Both figures fall short of the target of 95% needed to prevent outbreaks. ...