In sub-Saharan Africa, studies have shown that about one in six African children die before their fifth birthday, with half of these dying from diseases preventable by vaccines; and one woman dies every two minutes from complications of pregnancy and delivery. This can simply be attributed to the presence of a weak healthcare system in Africa with poor infrastructure and inaccessibility to proper health services especially by the percentage of the African population living below the poverty line.
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