Investigation into the Nodding syndrome in Witto Payam, Western Equatoria State, 2010

Materials and Methods In September 2010 a team led by the Ministry of Health, Government of Southern Sudan (MoH-GoSS) visited Witto Payam in Western Equatoria State in order to investigate reports from UNOCHA and some INGOs of nodding syndrome in Witto Internal Displaced People (IDP) camp. The objective of the team (composed of the authors of this report) was to provide the MoH-GoSS with workable recommendations on how to tackle the syndrome. The people now living in the IDP camp had been displaced from Diko, Tore and some surrounding villages by the Lord’s Resistance Army. Most of the IDPs are originally from Witto Payam who moved and settled in Diko during the war time displacements. The team met community leaders, administrators and families at Witto IDP camp, Lui town and Jambo town.