Sub-Saharan Africa's Mothers, Newborns, and Children: Where and Why Do They Die?
Figure 3
Regional distribution of the global burden for maternal mortality, child mortality, and HIV.
Sub-Saharan Africa carries a high proportion of the global disease burden for maternal and child health, and HIV/AIDS. The region accounts for half of the world's maternal, newborn, and child deaths and two-thirds of people living with HIV/AIDS. Figure adapted from Kinney et al. 2009 [9]; data for maternal deaths in 2005 from Hill et al. 2007 [15]; data for under-5 child deaths in 2008 from State of the World's Children 2010 [1]; data for number of adults and children living with HIV in 2007 from UNAIDS, Report on the Global AIDS Epidemic, 2008 [26].