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What role did disease play in Africa?

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What was the first disease in Africa?

The first disease is smallpox, which is the oldest of the diseases presented, and also the only one to be eradicated.

What disease affected Africa?

Well known existing, emerging and re-emerging diseases like malaria, tuberculosis, HIV/AIDS, cholera, meningitis, hepatitis, schistosomiasis, lymphatic filariasis, sleeping sickness, Ebola, SARS and others are causing suffering and mortality to a wide population in developing countries in general

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With malnutrition as a common contributor, the five biggest infectious killers in Africa are acute respiratory infections, HIV/AIDS, diarrhea, malaria.

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