“A FACT FINDING ON NODDING DISEASE IN OKIDI AND AKWANG SUB-COUNTY KITGUM DISTRICT”
Background of the disease: A disease only known by many as “Nodding disease” was first reported by the Acholi parliamentary group to parliament to the then Minister of Health in 2004. However it was not called the nodding disease, it was referred to as the “strange disease”. It has since emerged that the report on the strange disease reached to the Ministry of health in 2009 according to the current Director General Health Services Dr. Jane Achieng. The cultural belief on the causes of the diseases: Witch craft and evil spirits Relief food that had pieces of broken bottles and the chemically treated beans meant for agriculture that people ate due to hunger Bombs used during the war Epilepsy Dirty water from the wells/springs and bites from Black flies (mostly found along the water/river banks) Trauma due to the war Eating of the Bush meat. All in all the signs and symptoms are observed when a child is ...