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Uganda: MPs Issue Ultimatum for Nodding Funds
Monitor, 23 February 2012
Ministry of Finance has directed the Health ministry to cut its budget by Shs2 billion to find money needed to manage the nodding disease in northern Uganda. Read more »
The Health Department has been given no choice but to cut its budget in order to find funds needed for the mysterious nodding disease that claimed the lives of hundreds of children.
Children affected by nodding disease wait at a treatment centre in Kitgum.
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 ... Read more »
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