'There were moments we wished she could just die': the highly gendered burden of nodding syndrome in northern Uganda - Irani J, Rujumba J, Mwaka AD, Arach J, Lanyuru D, Idro R, Colebunders R, Gerrets R, Peeters Grietens K, O'Neill S.

Nodding Syndrome (NS) occurs within a wide spectrum of epilepsies seen in onchocerciasis endemic areas of sub-Saharan Africa. It has debilitating consequences on affected individuals and increases the socio-economic, physical and psychological burden on ca...
Source: SafetyLit - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Risk Factor Prevalence, Injury Occurrence Source Type: news