Local leaders in Acholi sub region have confirmed that no new cases of nodding disease have been reported in the past few months. The revelation was made by the Elders early today as President Yoweri Museveni unveiled Government plans to address social dislocation in Northern Uganda The President said he was pleased with the development […]
Kitgum woman MP Beatrice Anywar has asked government to set up protective homes for nodding syndrome people in Kitgum. Anywar said that several of girls who are victims of nodding syndrome were defiled by some men and the latest incidents are reported to have happened on the 50 years of Independence Day celebrations. Addressing journalists […]
Researchers from the Center for Disease Control, the Montpellier University Hospital in France, UK Department for International Development, UNICEF, and professors at Oregon health and Science University in US have agreed to work as a team in studying and unearthing the cause of nodding disease. The disease has killed over 1,000 children in Uganda, […]
Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) has asked the women of Uganda to tie themselves on trees at the NGO Forum (Kabalagala) head offices in solidarity with the mothers who are caring for children with nodding disease. The mysterious nodding disease invaded northern Uganda and it has already claimed several lives and dozens of others […]