Conceptualizing Illness: Nodding Syndrome in Northern Uganda

Conceptualizing Illness: Nodding Syndrome in Northern Uganda

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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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Main Author:	Karin van Bemmel
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Gents Afrika Platform, Afrika Brug 2020-06-01
Series:	Afrika Focus
Online Access:	https://ojs.ugent.be/AF/article/view/16564

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