NOMA: Neglected disease, disease of poverty

By News Desk @bactiman63 Noma (from the Greek: to devour"), aka cancrum oris is an orofacial gangrene, mainly occurring in malnourished children debilitated by disease and living in the developing world, particularly sub-Saharan Africa. The mortality of noma is high (90 percent in the absence of treatment) and the survivors harbor such facial deformities that they [...]

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