Conceptualizing Illness: Nodding Syndrome in Northern Uganda
This paper presents an ethnographic study of conceptualizations of nodding syndrome (NS) in Uganda. NS is a poorly understood condition characterized by repetitive nodding of the head, mental retardation and stunted growth, which affects thousands of children in northern Uganda, South Sudan a...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Gents Afrika Platform, Afrika Brug
2020-06-01
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| Series: | Afrika Focus |
| Online Access: | https://ojs.ugent.be/AF/article/view/16564 |