East Africa
HIV/AIDS is one of the biggest health problems in East Africa. It’s a disease that’s killing millions of people around the world.
Most people with this disease live in Africa, where the situation is getting worse and worse each day. In Kenya, 1.2 million people are living with the disease and two people die from it every five minutes.
A
mobile health clinic in Kenya
The good news is that HIV/AIDS can be prevented and treated. Sadly, very few people in Kenya know how to prevent the disease, and almost no one who is sick can afford medicine.
There are other diseases that affect people in East Africa too. Malaria, pneumonia, diarrhea and measles are also big problems, especially for children and pregnant women.
East Africa Health Facts
- There is only one doctor for every 33,000 people living in rural Kenya.
- Malaria is the biggest killer of children in East Africa.
- 200,000 people in Kenya need HIV/AIDS medicine right away, but only
12,000 can afford it.
Mercy got the medicine she needed.
Featured Story:
Mercy's Story
Mercy’s life changed when she got the medicine she needed.