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1 | Uganda: Nodding Disease Denying Children Their Future | Oganda: Aretina Mampihozona Loha Tsy Mamela Ny Ankizy Hanana Ny Ho Aviny |
2 | Nodding disease is a mentally and physically disabling disease that affects children between 1 and 10 years. | Ny aretina mampihozona loha [ny rohy rehetra dia amin'ny teny Anglisy] dia aretina mampalemy ara-tsaina sy ara-batana izay mahazo ny zaza 1 ka hatramin'ny 10 taona. |
3 | It is currently restricted to small regions in South Sudan, Tanzania and northern Uganda. | Faritra kely ihany ao Atsimon'i Sodana, Tanzania ary Avaratr'i Oganda no misy azy ity. |
4 | The disease is incurable at the moment and its cause is not known. | Amin'izao aloha dia tsy mety tsaboina ity aretina ity ary mbola tsy fantatra ny antony. |
5 | Recently, some old people have also shown signs of the disease. | Vao tsy ela izay, nisy olona efa antitra maromaro nampiseho ihany koa ny fambaran'aretina. |
6 | The areas affected by the disease are mainly in the northern region of the country. | Ny tena betsaka voan'ilay aretina dia ny faritra avaratry ny firenena. |
7 | The disease denies the children a chance to be productive as they cannot do anything for themselves, be it holding a knife to make a meal for the girls, and holding a hoe to plant a single seed for the boys. | Tsy mamela ny ankizy hamokatra ity aretina ity noho izy ireo tsy afaka manao na inona na inona irery, na dia handray antsy hanaovana sakafo aza ho an'ny ankizy vavy, ary na dia hitazona angady hambolena voa iray monja aza ho an'ny ankizy lahy. |
8 | An 18 year old man may look like a 3 year old boy and has to be carried around and held to get some heat in the body. | Ny lehilahy lehibe 18 taona dia mety ho lasa toy ny zaza 3 taona ary tsy maintsy trotroina sy fihinina mba hahazo hafanàna ny vatany. |
9 | The first symptoms of this disease is the continuous nodding of the head, failure to eat and drink. | Ny fambara voalohany amin'ity aretina ity dia ny fihozonan'ny loha tsy ankiato, ny tsy fahafahana misakafo sy misotro. |
10 | Later on the child becomes stunted physically and mentally. | Avy eo, mampiseho fahatarana ara-tsaina sy ara-batana ilay zaza. |
11 | A Ugandan journalist, Florence Naluyimba, has taken the first initiative to investigate and bring the issue to light. | Ogande iray mpanao gazety, Florence Naluyimba, no voalohany nandray andraikitra hanadihady sy nitondra ity olana ity hiseho masoandro. |
12 | She says although the government is trying to provide medicine to help the victims in 3 health centers, they have to travel long distances on foot or on bicycles to reach the health centers. | Nilaza izy fa na dia miezaka mamatsy fanafody aza ny governemanta hanampiana ireo tra-pahavoazana amina tobim-pitsaboina 3, voatery mandeha an-tongotra lavitra ry zareo na mandeha bisikileta hamonjena ireo tobim-pitsaboana. |
13 | The sick ones cannot take themselves to the hospitals and have to be carried on the back or put on bicycles for over 30km. | Tsy afaka mandeha irery mankany amin'ny hopitaly ireo marary ary tsy maintsy babena na apetraka ambony bisikileta amina 30 km no mihoatra. |
14 | The disease usually leads to seizures and at times this makes them fall into fire, sharp objects or in ponds/rivers, leading to death or severe injuries. | Mampifanintona matetika ity aretina ity ary indraindray dia mampienjera anaty afo, zava-maranitra na anaty dobo/ony, ka mitarika fahafatesana na faharatràna goavana. |
15 | Many children have lost body parts such as fingers in these accidents. | Maro ireo ankizy bory ratsam-batana toy ny ratsan-tànana tao anatin'ireny loza ireny. |
16 | It so happens that the victims can be too weak to even cry. | Indraindray aza malemy loatra ireo tra-doza ka tsy mahatomany intsony. |
17 | The Center for Disease Control plans to carry out aerial spraying targeting black flies, which are suspected to be the major cause of this illness. | Ny Tobim-panaraha-maso ny aretina dia mikasa ny hanaparitaka “entona” (spray) amin'ny rivotra hamonoana ireo lalitra mainty, izay heverina fa antony voalohany mitarika ity aretina ity. |
18 | It is not clear whether this will help or not. | Mbola tsy fantatra mazava anefa na hanampy izany na tsia. |
19 | Ugandan villagers complain that samples were taken to USA since 2010, but they have never received any reliable information about the cure and cause since that time. | Mitaraina ireo mponina ogande fa nisy santionany nentina tany Etazonia tamin'ny 2010, fa tsy mbola nahazo vaovao marim-pototra mikasika ny fomba fitsaboana sy ny antony ry zareo hatramin'izao. |
20 | Below are some pictures and YouTube videos about the disease. | Ireto manaraka ireto dia sary vitsivitsy sy lahatsary YouTube momba ny aretina. |
21 | Nodding disease in its initial stages. | Aretina mampihozona loha vao miandoha. |
22 | Photo courtesy of ugandaradionetwork.com | Sary: ugandaradionetwork.com |
23 | A child with injuries in the face after he fell on fire during seizures Photo courtesy 256news.com | Ankizy feno ratra ny tarehiny taorian'ny nianjerany tanaty afo nandritra ny fanintona Sary: 256news.com |