Nodding Disease, which mainly affects children, is a fatal disease that has broken out in Uganda, Sudan and Tanzania. Will it become a global pandemic?

1. Worse than
AIDS
Nodding Disease in Uganda,
Sudan and Tanzania
A guide to the most important
videos on Nodding Disease.
Are we at the beginning of a global pandemic?

2. Mysterious Disease Devastating Families
Anoutbreak of nodding disease is devastating families in northern Uganda.
CNN’s David McKenzie reports.
http://cnn.com/video/?/video/world/2012/03/19/mckenzie-uganda-nodding-disease.cnn

3. Uganda Nodding Disease
A Ugandan opposition politician is accusing the government of not declaring parts
of Northern Uganda affected by the Nodding Disease as disaster areas.
VOA's Paul Ndiho reports.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fsrV395S-2I&feature=player_embedded

4. Nodding disease: Cure unknown
The Ministry of Health and Members of Parliament from Northern Uganda are in
the Northern region on a fact finding mission investigating the possible causes of
the mysterious Nodding disease that has killed dozens over the past few months.
The Health officials and the Acholi members of parliament today visited several
areas in Kitgum which are most affected. Resolutions have been made but no
mention of a cure as the cause of the disease still remains unclear.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=wOuDEYd1aZs

5. East African children dying from mysterious
disease
A mysterious disease is killing thousands of children in Uganda, Sudan and
Tanzania. Malcolm Webb reports from northern Uganda.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zpf_KneUNAY&feature=related

6. South Sudan's incurable child disease
Hundreds of children in southern Sudan have died from a mysterious illness that
they have called the "nodding disease".
The mentally and physically disabling disease, which has no cure yet and affects
only children, first emerged in Sudan in 1980s.
Many in the region accuse the country's government of neglecting the problem.
Hundreds of children in southern Sudan have died from a mysterious illness that
they have called the "nodding disease".
The mentally and physically disabling disease, which has no cure yet and affects
only children, first emerged in Sudan in 1980s.
Many in the region accuse the government of neglecting the problem, which
mainly affects those living in remote areas.
HaruMutasa reports from Western Equatoria State in southern Sudan.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mbjQu_g17OE&feature=relmfu

7. Nodding disease baffles experts
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5S7QLocaS0M

8. No cure yet for mystery Ugandan
'nodding disease'
Patrick is one of more than 3,000 children in northern Uganda who are suffering
from a mystery ailment known as "nodding disease". For several years, scientists
have tried- and failed- to determine the cause of the disease that has claimed at
least 200 young lives in the area.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6oX3JFVECro

9. Disabling Nodding disease high in
Northern districts
Nodding disease or nodding syndrome is a relatively unknown illness which is
causing particular concern in Northern districts. The latest cases have made it
impossible for pupils to attend classes in Pader. It is a fatal, mentally and
physically disabling disease that affects young children 5 and 15. The leaders in
the area say they feel neglected by the lack of government action in helping them
with this epidemic whose cure is unknown.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-DbeA1ISns&feature=relmfu

10. CDC Responds to Nodding Disease in Uganda
A team of CDC experts joined the Ministry of Health and of government,
nonprofit, and health officials in Uganda to conduct a multifaceted investigation in
Kitgum District, northern Uganda. Listen as Epidemic Intelligence Service Officer,
Dr. Jennifer Foltz, tells the story about Nodding Disease, a neurologic syndrome
which is devastating to afflicted children.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=LwOUzE03xm0#!

11. Is it possible that "nodding disease" is coming from carrier
pigs infected with a new chronic or subacute strain of African
Swine Fever Virus? African Swine Fever has been a serious
problem in Uganda. Scientists often quickly dismiss the notion
of a human epidemic of African Swine Fever Virus because
they think African Swine Fever Virus does not infect people.
But that may not be the case. Sick or ASFV-infected pigs in
places like Gulu, Anaka, Arua, Kitgum, Masindi, and Pader
may be the source of a "nodding disease" zoonotic virus. Even
if the pigs are not overtly sick, they could be carriers of a
strain of this very insidious virus. African Swine Fever Virus
infects many parts of the pig's body, including the brain. It
causes serious neurological damage. It is also interesting that
in some epidemics of African Swine Fever, it is mainly the
young piglets that are affected which would be a strong
parallel to "nodding disease." The ASFV-infected piglets suffer
from ataxia, wasting, stunted growth, blindness, increased
salivation, and opportunistic infections, just like the children
with Nodding Disease.

12. Nodding Disease and
African Swine Fever
Virus in Uganda
Cause or Coincidence?
For more information about Nodding Disease and African Swine Fever:
http://www.slideshare.net/RubiconMedia/nodding-disease-and-african-swine-fever-
second-edition