Father of Public Health: Cholera
Barometer of Social Welfare: Tuberculosis
Slims’ Disease: HIV/AIDS
Black Sickness: Kala Azar (Leishmaniasis)
Black Death: Plague
Cerebrospinal fever: Meningococcal meningitis
Break-bone fever: Dengue
Monkey fever/ disease: KFD (Kyasanur Forest Disease)
5-day fever: Trench fever
8th day disease: Tetanus neonatorum
100-day cough: Pertussis (Whooping cough)
Koch’s Phenomenon: Tuberculosis
Hansen’s disease: Leprosy
Rubeola: Measles
Rubella: German measles
Rubula: Mumps
