Nodding Syndrome
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Scan day: 06 February 2014 UTC
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Description: The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention describes its efforts to understand this “mysterious disease affecting children”.
CDC - Global Health - Nodding Syndrome CDC 24/7: Saving Lives. Protecting People.™ CDC scientist conducting consultation in South Sudan. Over the last three years, CDC has responded to requests for assistance from the Ministries of Health in Uganda and South Sudan to help investigate a mysterious disease affecting children, commonly referred to as Nodding syndrome. Nodding syndrome is an unexplained neurologic condition characterized by episodes of repetitive dropping forward of the head, often accompanied by other seizure-like activity, such as convulsions or staring spells. The condition predominantly affects children aged 5–15 years and has been reported in South Sudan from the states of Western and Central Equatoria and in Northern Uganda and southern Tanzania.
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| Page title: | CDC - Global Health - Nodding Syndrome |
| Keywords: | CDC global health, Global health, center for global health, International health, International Health Regulations, International, Overseas, Global AIDS, Malaria, Influenza, Polio, Measles, FETP, FELTP, Safe Water, Emerging infections, Global disease detection, WHO, UNICEF, Sustainable management development, Public health capacity, Health systems strengthening, Global laboratory, Refugee health, Global travel, Kenya, Thailand,Guatemala, China, Egypt, India, South Africa |
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