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2025-04-21 • PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases
2025-04-21 • PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases
- A 1-day symposium brought together over 100 individuals with lived experience of noma, expertise in neglected tropical diseases, and public health, including researchers, health ...
Journal Article
|Research
2024-07-26 • Facial Plastic Surgery & Aesthetic Medicine
2024-07-26 • Facial Plastic Surgery & Aesthetic Medicine
BACKGROUND
Noma is a gangrenous infection of the face that results in severe facial deformity, occurring primarily in malnourished and impoverished populations.
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Conference Material
|Video
2024-05-03 • MSF Paediatric Days 2024
2024-05-03 • MSF Paediatric Days 2024
Conference Material
|Poster
2024-05-03 • MSF Paediatric Days 2024
2024-05-03 • MSF Paediatric Days 2024
Conference Material
|Poster
2024-05-03 • MSF Paediatric Days 2024
2024-05-03 • MSF Paediatric Days 2024
Journal Article
|Research
2023-10-27 • PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases
2023-10-27 • PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases
INTRODUCTION
Noma is a rapidly spreading infection of the oral cavity which mainly affects young children. Without early treatment, it can have a high mortality rate. Simple gingivit...
Noma is a rapidly spreading infection of the oral cavity which mainly affects young children. Without early treatment, it can have a high mortality rate. Simple gingivit...
Journal Article
|Research
2023-09-01 • PLOS Global Public Health
2023-09-01 • PLOS Global Public Health
Noma is a rapidly progressing infection of the oral cavity, which can cause the disintegration of the cheek, nose and eye, in under a week. One of the most disabling sequelae is trismus,...
Conference Material
|Video
2022-12-01 • MSF Paediatric Days 2022
2022-12-01 • MSF Paediatric Days 2022
Conference Material
|Video
2022-12-01 • MSF Paediatric Days 2022
2022-12-01 • MSF Paediatric Days 2022
Conference Material
|Slide Presentation
2022-12-01 • MSF Paediatric Days 2022
2022-12-01 • MSF Paediatric Days 2022
Conference Material
|Abstract
2022-11-26 • MSF Paediatric Days 2022
2022-11-26 • MSF Paediatric Days 2022
BACKGROUND AND AIMS
The Noma hospital in Sokoto State, Nigeria, provides specialised care for noma, a rapidly progressive and often fatal necrotising bacterial disease, which continu...
The Noma hospital in Sokoto State, Nigeria, provides specialised care for noma, a rapidly progressive and often fatal necrotising bacterial disease, which continu...
Journal Article
|Review
2022-07-05 • Current Opinion in Otolaryngology & Head and Neck Surgery
2022-07-05 • Current Opinion in Otolaryngology & Head and Neck Surgery
PURPOSE OF REVIEW
There is a need for concerted effort to increase global awareness about noma (cancrum oris). This paper aims to summarize the recent literature on noma and provide ...
There is a need for concerted effort to increase global awareness about noma (cancrum oris). This paper aims to summarize the recent literature on noma and provide ...
Journal Article
|Review
2021-12-14 • PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases
2021-12-14 • PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases
BACKGROUND
Noma (cancrum oris) is an ancient but neglected and poorly understood preventable disease, afflicting the most disenfranchised populations in the world. It is a devastatin...
Noma (cancrum oris) is an ancient but neglected and poorly understood preventable disease, afflicting the most disenfranchised populations in the world. It is a devastatin...
Protocol
|Research Protocol
2018-07-01
2018-07-01
BACKGROUND
Noma is an orofacial gangrene that rapidly eats away at the hard and soft tissue as well as the bones in the face. Noma has a 90% mortality rate, and the disease affects m...
Noma is an orofacial gangrene that rapidly eats away at the hard and soft tissue as well as the bones in the face. Noma has a 90% mortality rate, and the disease affects m...
Journal Article
|Review
2021-01-31 • Facial Plastic Surgery
2021-01-31 • Facial Plastic Surgery
Necrotizing fasciitis (NF) is part of the class of necrotizing soft tissue infections characterized by rapid fascial spread and necrosis of the skin, subcutaneous tissue, and superficial...
Journal Article
|Case Report/Series
2020-08-12 • Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
2020-08-12 • Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
BACKGROUND
Noma is a rapidly progressing infection of the oral cavity frequently resulting in severe facial disfigurement. We present a case series of noma patients surgically treate...
Noma is a rapidly progressing infection of the oral cavity frequently resulting in severe facial disfigurement. We present a case series of noma patients surgically treate...
Journal Article
|Commentary
2021-06-17 • PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases
2021-06-17 • PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases
Journal Article
|Commentary
2021-06-03 • Tropical Medicine and International Health
2021-06-03 • Tropical Medicine and International Health
The Nigerian Ministry of Health has been offering care for noma patients for many years at the Noma Children's Hospital (NCH) in Sokoto, northwest Nigeria, and Médecins Sans Frontières h...
Journal Article
|Research
2018-08-23 • PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases
2018-08-23 • PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases
Noma (cancrum oris), a neglected tropical disease, rapidly disintegrates the hard and soft tissue of the face and leads to severe disfiguration and high mortality. The disease is poorly ...
Journal Article
|Research
2020-01-23 • PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases
2020-01-23 • PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases
BACKGROUND
Noma is an orofacial gangrene that rapidly disintegrates the tissues of the face. Little is known about noma, as most patients live in underserved and inaccessible regions...
Noma is an orofacial gangrene that rapidly disintegrates the tissues of the face. Little is known about noma, as most patients live in underserved and inaccessible regions...