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Nodding Syndrome in Ugandan Children—Clinical Features, Brain Imaging and Complications: A Case Series
(BMJ Publishing Group Ltd, 2013-04-08)
Objectives Nodding syndrome is a devastating neurological disorder of uncertain aetiology affecting children in Africa. There is no diagnostic test, and risk factors and symptoms that would allow early diagnosis are poorly ...
Is the Glass Half Full or Half Empty? A Qualitative Exploration on Treatment Practices and Perceived Barriers to Biomedical Care for Patients With Nodding Syndrome in Post-Conflict Northern Uganda
(BioMed Central Ltd, 2015-08-29)
Background
Nodding syndrome has increasingly become an issue of public health concern internationally. The etiology of the disorder is still unknown and there are yet no curative treatments. We explored perceptions about ...
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 ...
Is Nodding Syndrome an Onchocerca Volvulus-Induced Neuroinflammatory Disorder? Uganda’s Story of Research in Understanding the Disease
(Elsevier, 2016-04)
Nodding syndrome is a devastating neurological disorder, mostly affecting children in eastern Africa. An estimated 10 000 children are affected. Uganda, one of the most affected countries, set out to systematically investigate ...
Nodding Syndrome: Recent Insights into Etiology, Pathophysiology, and Treatment
(Dove press Ltd, 2018-05-24)
Nodding syndrome is an enigmatic neuropsychiatric and epileptiform disorder associated with psychomotor, mental, and physical growth retardation. The disorder affects otherwise previously normal children aged 3–18 years, ...
"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 ...