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Nodding syndrome has pushed my son out of school
About 12 years ago, his son; Oyoo Charles now 19 years old caught the disease. By then, the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) had pushed the family to Chwero Internally Displaced People’s camp in Paicho sub-county.
Cilvio Opoka, the father of Charles Oyoo who is suffering from a Nodding syndrome. (Photo by Ritah Mukasa)
By: NewVision Reporter, Journalists @NewVision
Around 2007, a strange disease; Nodding syndrome hit Northern Uganda.
It ravaged children in a number of districts; killing many and leaving thousands battling adverse effects. Parents and caretakers too were