"Those who died are the ones that are cured". Walking the political tightrope of Nodding Syndrome in northern Uganda: Emerging challenges for research and policy.

• Main Authors: Julia Irani (Author), Joseph Rujumba (Author), Amos Deogratius Mwaka (Author), Jesca Arach (Author), Denis Lanyuru (Author), Richard Idro (Author), Rene Gerrets (Author), Koen Peeters Grietens (Author), Sarah O'Neill (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2019-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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<h4>Background</h4>Nodding Syndrome was first reported from Tanzania in the 1960s but appeared as an epidemic in Northern Uganda in the 1990s during the LRA civil war. It is characterized by repetitive head nodding, often followed by other types of seizures, developmental retardation and...