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. 2007 Jun;7(2):73–79.

Table 2.

Gender disaggregated data for common diseases children experienced at school

Diseases Count boys Count girls %of cases % ressponses
boys
% responses
girls
Malaria 35 38 91.3 25.4 26.0
Diarrhoea 34 32 82.5 24.6 21.9
Ringworm 25 28 53.8 18.1 19.2
Cough 20 23 66.3 14.5 15.8
Flu 16 16 21.3 11.6 11.6
Typhoid 8 9 40.0 5.8 6.2
Total 138 146 355 100 100