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Uganda: Top Scientist Probes Nodding Disease Mystery

Dr. Scott Dowell, a U.S. scientist leading the probe on nodding disease, says two strong leads being followed are the connection to the river blindness (onchocerciasis) and low serum concentration.

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A 12-year-old girl suffering from the disease is tied to a tree for 13 hours every day and kept from her siblings.

Uganda: Nodding Disease - Top U.S. Scientist Jets in

New Vision, 17 February 2012

A US-based lead investigator of the nodding disease has arrived in Uganda hoping to find more clues to the puzzling epileptic epidemic that has so far affected 3000 children. Read more »
Uganda: Set Up Taskforce On Nodding Disease

Monitor, 17 February 2012

At least 200 children in northern Uganda have died from the nodding disease and 3,000 others have been rendered half-human. Figures at district and national levels, however, vary. Read more »
Uganda: Post-War Nodding Syndrome Puzzles Health Experts

RFI, 17 February 2012

Three years after the first studies in to Nodding Syndrome were conducted, health experts have failed to come up with its underlying cause. The mysterious disease continues to… Read more »
Uganda: Nodding Horror - 12-Year-Old Victim Is Tied to a Tree for 13 Hours Everyday

Observer, 15 February 2012

Pader - For a typical 12-year-old who should be the picture of health: physical, overly playful, full of energy, noisy and mobile, Nancy Lamwaka is the opposite. She is skinny,… Read more »

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Uganda: Ministry Starts Action On Nodding Disease

The Health Ministy says a key activity prioritised during the emergency phase is the establishment of screening and treatment centres and establishing for clinics in the affected ... Read more »
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