| Diseases | Non-disease conditions |
| Leprosy | Abject poverty |
| Hearing loss | The lowest in a caste system |
| Speech impairment | Some beliefs |
| Cleft palate/cleft lip | Rastafarianism |
| Ebola | Deviant practices, e.g., lesbianism, homosexuality or transgenderism |
| Lassa Fever | State of not being married (being a spinster or bachelor) in some culture |
| Sexually transmitted diseases e.g., HIV/AIDS |
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| Obesity |
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| Epilepsy |
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| Mental ill-health |
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| Drug abuse/drug dependence |
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| Suicidal ideation/Suicide |
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| Infertility |
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| Physical disability arising from poliomyelitis |
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