Nigeria’s work against the lethal Noma

As Chief Medical Director at the Sokoto Noma Children's Hospital in the northwest corner of Nigeria, Dr Shafiu Isah dedicates his days to treating children suffering from a neglected disease that few people have even heard of. Noma is a gangrenous disease that attacks facial tissue and bone. Without treatment, it kills around 90% of [...]

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