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Table 1 Summary of main diseases covered by African country patents

From: The role of intellectual property rights on access to medicines in the WHO African region: 25 years after the TRIPS agreement

Disease

Number of mentions in patents

Disease

Number of mentions in patents

HIV/AIDS

20

Tuberculosis

5

Cardiovascular diseases

18

Bacterial infection

5

Cancer and Tumors

14

Antimicrobial

4

Diabetes

14

Antiviral

4

Malaria

13

Ulcers

4

Skin

10

Hemorrhoids

4