Nodding Disease

12-03-27 -- KITGUM, UGANDA -- A woman soothes nodding disease victim Monica Auma, 16, at the Okidi Central Village Health Centre near Kitgum, Uganda on Tuesday, March 27. When the disease presents itself, Auma hallucinates that she is being surrounded by people who then drag her to water and submerge her. After running and screaming I don't want to go, Jesus save me, Auma collapses unconscious. Photo by Daniel Hayduk

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12-03-27 -- KITGUM, UGANDA -- A woman soothes nodding disease victim Monica Auma, 16, at the Okidi Central Village Health Centre near Kitgum, Uganda on Tuesday, March 27. When the disease presents itself, Auma hallucinates that she is being surrounded by people who then drag her to water and submerge her. After running and screaming I don't want to go, Jesus save me, Auma collapses unconscious. Photo by Daniel Hayduk