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Doxycycline for the Treatment of Nodding Syndrome (DONS); The Study Protocol of a Phase II Randomised Controlled Trial
(Springer Nature, 2019-03-06)
Background
Nodding syndrome is a poorly understood neurological disorder of unknown aetiology, affecting several thousand children in Africa. There has been a consistent epidemiological association with infection by the ...
"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
(PLOS, 2019-06-20)
Background
Nodding Syndrome was first reported from Tanzania in the 1960s but appeared as an epi demic in Northern Uganda in the 1990s during the LRA civil war. It is characterized by repeti tive head nodding, often ...
Qualitative Evaluation of the Outcomes of Care and Treatment for Children and Adolescents With Nodding Syndrome and Other Epilepsies in Uganda
(BioMed Central Ltd, 2019-04-30)
Background: In 2012, the Ugandan Government declared an epidemic of Nodding Syndrome (NS) in the Northern districts of Gulu, Kitgum, Lamwo and Pader. Treatment guidelines were developed and NS treatment centres were ...
Integration of Traditional and Complementary Medicine into Medical School Curricula: A Survey Among Medical Students in Makerere University, Uganda
(BMJ Publishing Group Ltd., 2019-08-14)
Objective To describe the disposition and sociodemographic characteristics of medical students associated with inclusion of traditional and complementary medicine in medical school curricula in Uganda.
Design A cross-sectional ...
Use of Traditional and Complementary Medicines by Cancer Patients at a National Cancer Referral Facility in a Low‐Income Country
(John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2019-08-23)
Objective: The aim of this study was to describe use of traditional and complementary medicines (T&CM) and associated factors among patients with cancer.
Methods: We conducted a cross‐sectional study at the Uganda Cancer ...