Cultural health topics
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Cultural & life-stage topics

Diseases tagged by editors for contexts like fasting periods, pregnancy, or faith-sensitive framing. Tags are editorial, not clinical rules.

Malaria

A mosquito-borne infectious disease caused by Plasmodium parasites.

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Typhoid fever

Bacterial infection caused by Salmonella typhi.

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Cholera

Acute diarrheal infection caused by Vibrio cholerae.

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Viral infection

General viral illness.

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Lassa fever

Acute viral hemorrhagic fever, endemic in West Africa.

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Yellow fever

Viral hemorrhagic disease transmitted by mosquitoes.

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Dengue fever

Mosquito-borne viral infection causing flu-like illness.

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Meningitis

Inflammation of membranes around brain and spinal cord.

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Tuberculosis

Bacterial infection mainly affecting the lungs.

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HIV/AIDS

Viral infection that attacks the immune system.

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Hepatitis

Liver inflammation, often viral (A, B, C).

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Schistosomiasis

Parasitic disease from contaminated water (bilharzia).

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Onchocerciasis

River blindness, parasitic infection from blackfly bites.

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Lymphatic filariasis

Parasitic disease causing elephantiasis.

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Measles

Highly contagious viral respiratory infection.

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Pneumonia

Lung infection, bacterial or viral.

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Diarrheal diseases

Gastrointestinal infections causing loose stools.

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Hypertension

High blood pressure, chronic condition.

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Diabetes

Chronic condition affecting blood sugar regulation.

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Malnutrition

Deficiency or excess of nutrients.

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Tetanus

Bacterial infection causing muscle spasms.

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Rabies

Viral disease transmitted through animal bites.

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