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United Press International - November 20, 2006
The first-ever report by the agency on the 738 million people living in the United Nations health agency's African region examined HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, malaria and pregnancy-related conditions that kill mothers and babies, as well as less visible problems like hypertension and diabetes.
It found that, although the health problems facing the region are severe, many of the solutions are known -- all that is lacking is resources.
"The health-care interventions -- treatments, diagnostic and preventive methods -- that are needed in this Region are known," the report says. "The challenge for African countries and their partners is to deliver these to the people who need them."
African countries are contributing by increasingly finding their own solutions to healthcare problems like river blindness, malaria and the lack of transportation infrastructure, the report noted.
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