Nodding Disease, an incurable degenerative brain disease, attacks children and teens - 30 children in Jambo IDP camp have it.
MUNDRI EAST COUNTY, SOUTHERN SUDAN, December 2010: Jambo IDP camp where several hundred people fled from the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) attacks 18 months ago after 14 people were murdered and 28 abducted. Just one woman of the 28 escaped. Jambo camp is also one of many communities in the area affected by a curious form of epilepsy known as Nodding Disease. The disease mainly affects children and teenagers and is a progressive degenerative brain disease that leads to a slow death. In this community over thirty children are affected, displaying symptoms such as withered limbs, stunted growth, and severe mental impairment. Grant Ofukh, 20, has had the disease since the age of two. He is very small and underweight for his age and has difficulty speaking and eating. Christian Aid partner Mundri Relief and Development Association (MRDA) and ECS national partner Sudanese Development and Relief Agency (SUDRA) work with IDP camps such as Jambo to provide emergency management connected to issues arising fro mthe referendum, trauma counselling, shelter, food rations, and income-generating activities such as making soap and manufacturing tea products. Photo by Mike Goldwater / Christian Aid
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