The World Health Organization (WHO) is planning an international scientific conference on the causes and treatment of nodding disease – an illness that continues to ravage some parts of Africa.
The meeting will be held in July and August and will be attended by medical experts from around the world, according to Dr. Charles Okot, the organization’s country advisor in Uganda on disease prevention and control.
The mystery disease affects only children. It gradually devastates its victims through debilitating seizures, stunted growth, wasted limbs, mental disabilities and sometimes starvation
The meeting will be held in July and August and will be attended by medical experts from around the world, according to Dr. Charles Okot, the organization’s country advisor in Uganda on disease prevention and control.
The mystery disease affects only children. It gradually devastates its victims through debilitating seizures, stunted growth, wasted limbs, mental disabilities and sometimes starvation
Source:VOA news
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