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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