Omac and Kibwota suffer from nodding syndrome, a neurological disease for which the cause has not yet been conclusively identified. In northern Uganda, a region fraught by years of civil war, the ...

More than 3,000 children in Northern Uganda have been struck by the mysterious Nodding Disease that shatters lives and has doctors puzzled. ... where another child, Francis, has just passed out.

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Mysterious ‘nodding syndrome’ affects many Ugandan children; experts seek cause March 12, 2012 More than 13 years ago Nancy Lamwaka, 12, is often tied to a mango tree to keep her from ...

The family struggles with the costs of childbirth and worries about the future of the unborn child. ... Cases Omoro District has 212 cases of nodding disease syndrome, with no new cases reported.

"The child was staring blankly and his head was intermittently nodding every five to eight seconds," Bunga says. "This lasted about three minutes." Bunga was not surprised by what he saw.

Nodding syndrome, a little known disease, appears to be spreading at a rapid pace among Ugandan children and teens. The disease is characterized most noticeably by the child nodding off when they ...

Is your child nodding off during his or her virtual classes? Learning on a device without a teacher there to help keep kids on track means it’s easier than ever for kids to get distracted from their ...

More than 3,000 children in Northern Uganda have been struck by the mysterious Nodding Disease that shatters lives and has doctors puzzled. ... where another child, Francis, has just passed out.