Table 2.

Illnesses perceived as common by residents/leaders, health workers and local authorities in each country pre-COVID-19

Disease classification	Common health conditions	Bangladesh	Kenya	Nigeria	Pakistan
Non-communicable diseases	Hypertension/High blood pressure	✓	✓	✓	✓
	Gastric problem/Ulcer	✓	✓	✓	✓
	Stroke/Heart-related issues	✓		✓	✓
	Arthritis/Bone weakness	✓		✓	✓
	Drug addictions		✓	✓	✓
	Obesity		✓		✓
	Asthma	✓	✓	✓	✓
Communicable diseases	Cough/Tuberculosis	✓	✓	✓	✓
	Fever/Malaria	✓	✓	✓	✓
	Food poison/Diarrhoea	✓	✓	✓	✓
	Cholera/Waterborne disease	✓	✓	✓	✓
	Typhoid		✓	✓	✓
	Measles/Skin infections			✓	✓
	Hepatitis				✓

Source: Stakeholder Engagement 2019; ✓ indicates that the condition was mentioned.