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African Solutions for African Problems
Their country. Their people. Their culture.
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2007–2013 Physicians per
10,000 people
Mauritania 1.3
Ivory Coast 1.4
Madagascar 1.6
Angola 1.7
Zambia 1.7
Eswatin 1.7
Djibouti 2.0
Kenya 2.0
Comoros 2.0
Sudan 2.8
Gabon 3.0
Eq. Guinea 3.0
Cape Verde 3.1
Namibia 3.7
Botswana 4.0
Nigeria 4.1
São Tomé & P 5.0
Morocco 6.2
South Africa 7.8
Burundi 8.6
Seychelles 10.7
Mauritius 11.0
Algeria 12.1
Tunisia 12.2
Libya 19.0
United States 24.5
United Kingdom 28.1
Egypt 28.3
Source : "World Health Statistics 2015." World health organization,.
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Infant Mortality in underdeveloped African Countries can be as much as 18 times that of
the UK - imagine being a mother in Africa, knowing that the odds are such that one or more
of your children will die, if not in infancy then in early childhood. Having to live with that
level of 'acceptance'.
