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"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

BACKGROUND: 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 growth faltering w...

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Autores principales: Irani, Julia, Rujumba, Joseph, Mwaka, Amos Deogratius, Arach, Jesca, Lanyuru, Denis, Idro, Richard, Gerrets, Rene, Grietens, Koen Peeters, O’Neill, Sarah
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6605670/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31220081
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007344