‘Nodding Syndrome’ Kills 170 Uganda Children
Children look at their mother Helen Apoto locking their sick brother in the room before she leaves in Pader, Uganda, March 8, 2012.
Some parents have to tie the children or else they will wander off and end up drowning in rivers or falling in fire places like some have done.
The cause of nodding syndrome is not yet known by scientists despite years of research. Ugandan Ministry of health statistics indicate that over 3,000 children have been affected by the disease and some 170 other children have died since the first case was reported in 2009. <Photo: Xinhua/Yuan Qing>