Uganda: Govt Addresses Nodding Disease
The government has fallen short of apologising to the people of northern Uganda over nodding disease, only offering condolences and promises to present a comprehensive report before Parliament.
Constant flow of saliva is one of the symptoms of nodding disease.
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Uganda:
Health Ministry Yet to Roll Out Action Plan for Nodding Disease
Monitor, 25 January 2012
The Ministry of Health has set its third deadline to roll out a comprehensive action plan on nodding disease - an unexplained syndrome characterised by seizures, physical and… Read more »
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Uganda:
Ministry Develops Emergency Response for Nodding Disease but Cause Still Unknown
Independent (Kampala), 24 January 2012
Jane Ruth Aceng the Director General Health Services at Ministry of Health says the Ministry has developed a comprehensive response plan to control the disease which has affected… Read more »
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Uganda:
Government on the Spot Over Nodding Disease
Monitor, 20 January 2012
The escalation of the nodding disease syndrome in northern Uganda could have been avoided if government had implemented research recommendations availed to it in 2009 by health… Read more »
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Uganda:
Pader Runs Out of Drugs for Controlling Nodding
Monitor, 17 January 2012
Parents in Pader District have to dig deeper into their pockets to get medicine for controlling nodding disease among their children. Read more »
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Uganda:
Acholi Sub-Region Desperate As Children Nod to Their Death
Monitor, 14 January 2012
It might seem like an amusement ailment, but the victims can violently nod to death. Read more »
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Uganda:
Gulu Varsity Tries to Solve Nodding Disease Puzzle
Monitor, 12 January 2012
Gulu University is set to institute an in-depth research into the mode of spread, control and treatment of nodding disease that continues to ravage the Acholi Sub-region unabated. Read more »
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Uganda:
Nodding - Parents Cry As Govt Makes Slow Move to Save Kids
Monitor, 11 January 2012
The plight of desperate families hit by the nodding disease syndrome in northern Uganda has, for the last few months, been a permanent feature in the media. Read more »
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Uganda:
Nodding Ailment - Parents Want Rehabilitation Centres for Kids
Monitor, 10 January 2012
Government should establish special rehabilitation centres for proper treatment and care of children affected by nodding disease in northern Uganda, parents have asked. Read more »
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Uganda:
Northern Region Hit By Nodding Syndrome
EA Business, 8 January 2012
Ngur village in Akwang sub-county, Kitgum districtin Uganda are battling with a strange disease now referred to as the nodding disease. Read more »
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Uganda:
Mysterious Disease Toll At 100
Nation, 8 January 2012
Scientists are set to launch a series of investigations after previous ones failed to identify the cause of a mysterious disease that has killed over 100 people and left over 2,000… Read more »
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Uganda:
Nodding Disease Ravages Kitgum Family
New Vision, 30 December 2011
WHILE mothers take pride in bearing children and happily watching them grow healthily, Santa Alok's memories of giving birth only bring her pain and sorrow. Read more »
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Uganda:
MPs Want Urgent Attention to Nodding Disease Victims
New Vision, 28 December 2011
MPs from Acholi sub region have asked government to urgently set up rehabilitation centers to house hundreds of children affected by the "nodding disease" in northern Uganda. Read more »
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Uganda:
Nodding Disease - MPs Threaten to Ferry Ill Children to Kampala
Monitor, 23 December 2011
As frustration grows over government's purported slow response to the nodding disease in Acholi Sub-region, rehabilitation centres are now set to be established for thousands of… Read more »
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Uganda:
Ministry Fails to Find Cause of Nodding Illness
Monitor, 22 December 2011
Government has failed to diagnose the cause of the nodding disease or prescribe treatment for thousands of children suffering from the ailment in Acholi Sub-region, the Ministry of… Read more »
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Uganda:
Nodding Deaths Call for Action
Monitor, 22 December 2011
Yesterday morning the Ministry of Health belatedly announced it was releasing a statement about the strange ailment that is piling more misery on Acholi sub-region which continues… Read more »
