Table 1.

The major diagnoses made by the nurses and doctors at the Kibale Health and Conservation Centre in Kibale National Park, Uganda (Fig. 1), during September 2008–May 2010, with the total number of cases, the monthly mean, and the percentage of total diagnoses.

Diagnosis	Total no. of cases	Monthly mean	% of diagnoses
Malaria	715	34	26.63
Non-pneumonia cough or cold	613	29	22.83
Other*	341	16	12.70
Gastro-intestinal disorder	170	8	6.33
Skin infection	139	7	5.18
Injury	128	6	4.77
Pneumonia	80	4	2.98
Sexually transmitted infection	75	4	2.79
Acute diarrhoea	51	2	1.90
Ear/nose/throat condition	47	2	1.75
Eye condition	47	2	1.75

^*Including, but not limited to, open cuts, burns, boils, abscesses, pyomyositis, and mast infections.