Leading causes of death among young people aged 10-24 years
1. HIV/AIDS
2. Diarrhoea
3. Lower Respiratory Infections
4. Meningitis (Creptococal meningitis is HIV related)5. Malaria
6. Intestinal Infectious Diseases
7. Road Injuries
8. Drowning
9. Protein Energy Malnutrition
10. Tuberculosis
Source: Institute for Health Metrics
HIV Facts – Did you know?
1) You get the HIV strain of the individual who infects you, which explains why some newly infected persons are put on line 2 instead of line 1 drugs (ARVs)
2) Line 2 drugs are the highest cause of liver failure in people living with HIV (PLHIV)
3) There’s a HIV vaccine (I’m not sure of the vaccine’s efficacy level, but I do know it exists )
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