Pauline, 13, recovering from an attack but she has been out of school for several years. It takes her four hours to recover from an attack and each time her mental capacity seems weaker.
Mysterious condition attacks kids —
Pauline, 13, recovering from an attack but she has been out of school for several years. It takes her four hours to recover from an attack and each time her mental capacity seems weaker.
Grace Lagat ties up her seven-year-old son Thomas, who suffers from Nodding Disease, so he can't wander off when she tends to her field or is out of the homestead in Northern Uganda where more than 3,000 kids have the syndrome.
Mysterious condition attacks kids —
Grace Lagat ties up her seven-year-old son Thomas, who suffers from Nodding Disease, so he can't wander off when she tends to her field or is out of the homestead in Northern Uganda where more than 3,000 kids have the syndrome.
Thomas often gnaws at the cloth to try to escape. Scientists from the World Health Organization and U.S.-based Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are trying to find the cause and the cure.
Mysterious condition attacks kids —
Thomas often gnaws at the cloth to try to escape. Scientists from the World Health Organization and U.S.-based Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are trying to find the cause and the cure.
A sufferer of Nodding Disease is put in a child's crib at Antanga Health Center, Uganda, so that he doesn't injure himself. The affliction is associated with violent epilepsy-like convulsions that can lead to permanent disabilities.
Mysterious condition attacks kids —
A sufferer of Nodding Disease is put in a child's crib at Antanga Health Center, Uganda, so that he doesn't injure himself. The affliction is associated with violent epilepsy-like convulsions that can lead to permanent disabilities.
Francis lies semi-conscious in the dirt in his homestead. He has just suffered an attack. His condition has deteriorated so much he can't walk and can barely speak now, his mother says.
Mysterious condition attacks kids —
Francis lies semi-conscious in the dirt in his homestead. He has just suffered an attack. His condition has deteriorated so much he can't walk and can barely speak now, his mother says.
One Ugandan politician was so desperate to get attention from the central government, that he had 25 children driven from Northern Uganda by bus to Kampala's main hospital in early March.
Mysterious condition attacks kids —
One Ugandan politician was so desperate to get attention from the central government, that he had 25 children driven from Northern Uganda by bus to Kampala's main hospital in early March.
More than 400 children were registered as possible Nodding Disease cases in the first three days of a registration drive in Northern Uganda in March 2012. Doctors say that through a controlled diet and routine, they have managed to mitigate the convulsive attacks.
Mysterious condition attacks kids —
More than 400 children were registered as possible Nodding Disease cases in the first three days of a registration drive in Northern Uganda in March 2012. Doctors say that through a controlled diet and routine, they have managed to mitigate the convulsive attacks.
Linda is three and has just started getting the symptoms for Nodding Disease. There is no known cause or cure. Most children degenerate over time, lose their core mental capacity, and waste away.
Mysterious condition attacks kids —
Linda is three and has just started getting the symptoms for Nodding Disease. There is no known cause or cure. Most children degenerate over time, lose their core mental capacity, and waste away.