Sub Saharan Africa Case Study

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There are many dams built all over Africa because that is their main source for electric power. While some dams were a success, others were as successful. Because of poor planning, a lot of people had to move and ended up in refugee camps in which the hygiene was very poor and as a result, many diseases spread. Over a thousand wild animals relocated after the water rose in the dams. Because of the droughts in Africa, the supply of electricity had decreased.
Malaria is a disease transmitted to humans by mosquitos, causes fever, anemia, and often-fatal complications. This disease affected 174 million people in sub-Saharan Africa in 2010. There has been a new study case that was conducted in sub-Saharan African saying that living close to the

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