Appendix Table 1.

Classification of diseases

Cardio-vascular disease – Hypertension, Heart disease: Chest pain, breathlessness.

Cancers – Known or suspected by a physician and occurrence of any growing painless lump in the body.

Musculoskeletal disease – Joint or bone disease/pain or swelling in any of the joints, or swelling or pus from the bones, Back or body aches.

Communicable diseases – Diphtheria, Whooping Cough, Malaria, Typhoid, Tuberculosis, Filariasis, Tetanus, HIV/AIDS, STI, Jaundice, Diarrhoea, Dysentery, Worm Infestation, Fever with rash/Eruptive lesions.

Other disease – Anaemia (any cause), Bleeding disorders, Diabetes, Under-nutrition, Goitre and other diseases of the thyroid, Others (including obesity), Mental retardation, Mental disorders, Headache, Seizures or known epilepsy, Weakness in limb muscles and difficulty in movements, Stroke/hemiplegia/sudden onset weakness or loss of speech in half of body, Others including memory loss, confusion, Cataract, Glaucoma, Decreased vision (chronic) NOT including where decreased vision is corrected with glasses, Others (including disorders of eye movements– strabismus, nystagmus, ptosis and adnexa), Decreased hearing or loss of hearing, Bronchial asthma/recurrent episode of wheezing and breathlessness with or without cough over long periods or known asthma), Diseases of mouth/teeth/gums, Pain in abdomen: Gastric and peptic ulcers/acid reflux/acute abdomen, Lump or fluid in abdomen or scrotum, Gastrointestinal bleeding, Any difficulty or abnormality in urination, Change/irregularity in menstrual cycle or excessive bleeding/pain during menstruation and any other gynaecological and andrological disorders incl. male/female infertility, Illness in the new-born/sick new-born, Accidental injury, road traffic accidents and falls, Accidental drowning and submersion, Burns and corrosions, Poisoning, Intentional self-harm, Assault, Contact with venomous/harm-causing animals and plants, Symptom not fitting into any of above categories, Could not even state the main symptom.