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Table 2 Diseases at the Nakambala correctional facility

From: Health care needs assessment among adolescents in correctional institutions in Zambia: an ethical analysis

Ailment

Number of boys affected

Headache

10

Stomach pains/diarrhoea

10

Malaria

9

Flu/sneezing

9

Coughing

4

Pain/itching in the eye

3

Pain/itching in the ear

3

Neck pain

2

Sores on the skin due to poor hygiene

2

Rash

1

Sore in the arm due to a fall

1

Pain in the limbs

1

Sores due blisters

1

Numbness in the limbs

1

Chicken pox

1

Chest pain(hotness)

1

Bleeding  of the noise and pain

1

Mental problem

1

Heartache

1

Depression

1

Sore throat

1

Dry throat

1

Mosquito bite

1

Bleeding, headache and neck pain

1