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Planning Grant: Etiology of Nodding Syndrome: an Epileptic Disorder of East African Children

The following grant was awarded by, is supported by, is administered by or is in partnership with the Fogarty International Center at the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH).

Funding Fogarty Program

Global Brain Disorders Research

Project Information in NIH RePORTER

Etiology of Nodding Syndrome: an Epileptic Disorder of East African Children

Principal Institution

Oregon Health and Science University

Principal Investigator(s) (PI)

Spencer, Peter S; Mwaka, Deogratius Amos

Project Contact Information

Email: spencer@ohsu.edu

Year(s) Awarded

2018-2023

Country

Uganda

Collaborators

Makerere University

NIH Partners

NINDS

Project Description

This is a capacity-building project in Uganda's flagship health sciences university that will enable collaborative parallel research in Uganda and U.S. to activate testing of a novel viral hypothesis for Nodding syndrome (NS), an epileptic disorder of unknown cause responsible for epidemics of brain disease in East African children. Research Fellows will be equipped in Uganda and trained in both countries to carry out field and laboratory- based studies applicable to the etiology of NS and brain diseases of potential viral origin endemic to the region.

Related World Regions / Countries

Sub-Saharan Africa