Why infectious diseases are the leading causes of death in developing countries
- infectious disease are communicable/transmittable;
- pathogens spread from infected to uninfected people;
- some people have the disease but do not show an symptoms/are carriers;
- makes tracing very difficult;
- many developing countries struggle to pay health personnel;
- and to carry out effective prevention and treatment programmes;
- problem of development of clean water supply;
- good sanitation difficult to achieve;
- natural disaster/wars/civil unrest;
- growth of shanty towns;
- rural areas not reached;
- many developing countries in warmer regions where pathogens/parasites/insects/vectors thrive;