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 …

Noma (cancrum oris) is a severely debilitating orofacial disease. The global annual
incidence and prevalence figures of noma are outdated and were not based on …

Objective Spinal pathologies are prevalent in Nigeria, though epidemiological data remains
sparse. This systematic review used pooled patient-level data from across the country to …

Noma is a bacterial, non-communicable, grossly destructive and disfiguring necrotising oro-
facial disease. It is rare, but occurs most commonly in chronically malnourished children with …

Noma is an orofacial gangrene affecting primarily children living in extreme poverty in
remote parts of subtropical and tropical countries. Mortality and disability are high, and …

Background: While noma affects hundreds of thousands of children every year, taking their
lives, disfiguring them and leaving them permanently disabled, the economic and social …

Noma has largely been neglected in the research sphere. Noma is a preventable disease
and its progression can be halted if patients are recognized and treated in the early stages …

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 fascia …

Summary 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 …

Noma is an orofacial gangrenous infection commonly affecting malnourished children in the
tropical region of the World, particularly the sub-Saharan Africa. Nigeria is a sub-Saharan …