International Scientific Meeting on Nodding Syndrome Kampala, Uganda 30 July – 1 August 2012 Meeting Report THE REPUBLIC OF UGANDA International Scientific Meeting on Nodding Syndrome Kampala, Uganda 30 July – 1 August 2012 Meeting Report ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS This document is a report of the first International Scientific Meeting on Nodding Syndrome that was generously hosted by the Government of Uganda. The meeting was organized jointly by the World Health Organization Regional Office for Africa, the Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean, country offices in Uganda and South Sudan, and WHO Headquarters, in collaboration with the Ministry of Health of Uganda, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the United Kingdom Department for International Development. WHO wishes to acknowledge with gratitude the financial support of the UK Department for International Development, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Government of Uganda. © World Health Organization 2012 All rights reserved. Publications of the World Health Organization are available on the WHO web site (www.who.int) or can be purchased from WHO Press, World Health Organization, 20 Avenue Appia, 1211 Geneva 27, Switzerland (tel.: +41 22 791 3264; fax: +41 22 791 4857; e-mail:
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