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Ugandan Government Draws Up Response Plan To Combat 'Nodding Disease'
The Ugandan government is creating a "wide-ranging response plan" to "nodding disease, a mysterious ailment characterized by seizures, nodding of the head, mental retardation and stunting, which affects thousands of children in [northern Uganda]," IRIN reports. The WHO has recorded 3,097 cases of the disease and at least 170 deaths, often caused by starvation "because the condition makes it impossible to eat," the news service writes.
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