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According to the Lushoto District Council annual report, the top three diseases diagnosed in 2009 were malaria (42% of all patients), acute respiratory infections (25%) and pneumonia (10%). Children under the age of five accounted for 50% of patients with acute respiratory infections, 58% of those with diarrhoea and 60% of cases of pneumonia. Given it overwhelmingly rural character, Bumbuli’s disease burden is likely to mirror Lushoto’s overall picture.