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www.jogh.org • doi: 10.7189/jogh.13.03006 1 2023 • Vol. 13 • 03006 The 2016 Global Burden of Disease Study [1] indicated that communicable diseases declined as a major cause of mortality over the previous ten years. A significant amount of this decline was due to decreases in major causes of worldwide mortality, such as HIV/AIDS, malaria, tuberculosis, and diarrheal illnesses. However, infectious diseases continue to be the main cause of death in parts of Africa and Asia, particularly in children under five years of age [2]. Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia alone accounted for 44.4% and 24.8% of all child fatalities in 2016, respectively [3]. Additionally, diseases like malaria and invasive non-typhoidal salmonella (iNTS), also known as diseases of poverty, seem to be virtually wholly restricted to Africa [4].