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Qualitative evaluation of the outcomes of care and treatment for children and adolescents with nodding syndrome and other epilepsies in Uganda

Crossref DOI link: https://doi.org/10.1186/s40249-019-0540-x

Published Online: 2019-04-30

Published Print: 2019-12

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Abbo, Catherine http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5972-6194
Mwaka, Amos Deogratius

Opar, Bernard Toliva

Idro, Richard
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Article History

Received: 30 June 2018

Accepted: 9 April 2019

First Online: 30 April 2019

Authors’ information

: CA is a Senior Lecturer and a Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist in the Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, College of Health Sciences, Makerere, and University. ADM is a Senior Lecturer and a Social Medicine Specialist in the Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, College of Health Sciences, Makerere University; BO is a Commissioner, Ministry of Health, Uganda and RI is A Senior Lecturer and Pediatric Neurologist, Department of Pediatrics School of Medicine, College of Health Sciences, Makerere University.

: This paper arose from activities and information as part of a bigger operational research and implementation project on response to Nodding Syndrome epidemic in Northern Uganda under Ministry of Health and Makerere University, Kampala. Ethical approval was granted for the study by School of Medicine Research and Ethics Committee Approval number REC REF: 2012–139.

: There was no involvement of individual participant data in this paper. Therefore consent for publication is not applicable.

: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.