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Coalition of African Academy of Research-oriented Change Agents
CARTA Evidence is a project that is designed to demonstrate the impact of the Consortium for Advanced Research and Training in Africa (CARTA) and similar public and public and population health networks in Africa.
Years of Supporting Research Excellence
Towards better population health
Our African Partners
What the project does
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Cancers
Globally, nearly 1 in 6 deaths is due to cancer. Approximately 70% of deaths from cancer occur in low- and middle-income countries.
COVID-19
The COVID-19 pandemic pushed up to 40 million Africans into extreme poverty. Its persistent is estimated to cost Africa US$ 13.8 billion in lost GDP.
Disability
About 6.4% of African children under 14 years old have moderate or severe disabilities. Disability is also growing concern among an ageing adult population.
Environmental Health
African is facing significant environmental health challenges due to pollution, urbanization, and climate change. These factors have been associated with the emergence of new diseases.
Food security and nutrition
One in five Africans faced hunger in 2020. Hunger in Africa is driven by conflicts, drought, economic hardship and perpetuated by the recent COVID-19 pandemic.
Health system and policy
Most Africans rely on under-funded public health system. The system is plagued by challenges of access, coverage, quality, safety, efficiency equity and effectiveness.
Infectious disease
In Africa, five infectious are responsible for nearly 80% of the total infectious disease burden and claiming more than 6 million people per year.
Maternal and child health
Despite the progress made in this area, 57% of all maternal deaths occur on the continent, giving Africa the highest maternal mortality ratio in the world.
Noncommunicable diseases
The burden of noncommunicable diseases in African is gradually increasing and is predicted to overtake the burden of communicable diseases by the year 2030
Sexual and reproductive health
Sub-Saharan Africa lags far behind on measures of sexual and reproductive health. It has the highest HIV burden and 1.1 million new infections in 2018.
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