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A PEOPLE CALLED AFRIKA

of this process he breaks down into Causes and Effects in re-
gard to lifestyle and Challenges and Recommendations, as
captured in Tables 1 and 2 below and on the following page.

Table 1: Dr. Jack Githae’s Cause and Effect Analysis

CAUSES EFFECTS

Inappropriate dietary products and Deficiency and related
habits metabolic disorders
Drug and substance abuse/misuse Microbial resistance
to common antibiotics
e.g. MDRTB, Pneu-
monia, STDs
Misconception/misunderstanding Proliferation of
of a healthy livelihood and lifestyle communicable and
non-communicable
diseases e.g. Sickle Cell
Disease

Ecological and Environmental Emerging infectious
health degradation, pollution and diseases and toxicity
microbial contamination related metabolic dis-
eases.

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