Local leaders in Acholi sub region have confirmed that no new cases of nodding disease have been reported in the past few months.

The revelation was made by the Elders early today as President Yoweri Museveni unveiled Government plans to address social dislocation in Northern Uganda

The President said he was pleased with the development following the mass treatment campaign he launched against river blindness in March in Pader district.

Medical experts have linked the nodding disease to the Black fly which also causes river blindness, prompting the president to order for massive treatment and spraying.