Leaders say some victims cannot remember who sexually attacked them since the disease affects their memory The growing cases of sexual abuse against young girls with Nodding Syndrome have pushed ...

Ventorina Aculu, a mother of eight in her 60s, says she is proud to have given birth to her many children. Her distress only set in with her last two, both sons and now adults. Omac Alfred and Kibwota ...

The Ministry of Health requested for Shs7 billion emergency funding from Finance ministry for treating nodding disease nearly a month ago but the funds are yet to be disbursed. Thousands of children ...

Uganda has opened its first clinics specifically set up to help thousands of children who have a mysterious fatal condition known as nodding syndrome. The disease's cause is unknown, but it affects ...

KITGUM, Uganda -- Augustine Languna's eyes welled up and then his voice failed as he recalled the drowning death of his 16-year-old daughter. The women near him looked away, respectfully avoiding the ...

Researchers at the National Institutes of Health have uncovered new clues to the link between Nodding syndrome, a devastating form of pediatric epilepsy found in specific areas of east Africa, and a ...

The strange disease known as nodding syndrome affects only children, and only in parts of East Africa. The illness begins with nodding of the head... Nodding Syndrome: A Devastating Medical Mystery In ...

One year ago, Congress defunded public media. Now that we're 100% community funded, please become a sustaining member or increase your existing membership today. Ventorina Aculu, a mother of eight in ...