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incidence and prevalence figures of noma are outdated and were not based on …

Introduction Noma is a disfiguring gangrenous disease of the orofacial tissue and
predominantly affects malnourished children. The tissue gangrene or necrosis starts in the …

Simple Summary In interview data collected from 21 people diagnosed with head and neck
cancer in the previous six years, participants reported adequate procedural preparation but …

The scientific literature on noma (Cancrum Oris) has clearly increased in recent decades,
but there seems to have been limited analysis of issues around the psycho-social impacts of …

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 is a rapidly progressing infection of the oral cavity, mostly affecting children aged
between 2 and 5 years. If untreated, mortality can reach 90% within a few weeks after the …

Facial difference (FD) is not only an individual experience; it is inherently social, reflecting
interactions between social norms and individual attitudes. Often FD is stigmatized. In this …

Objectives Noma is a facially disfiguring disease that affects the oral cavity and midface
structures. If left untreated, the disease is fatal. Noma causes severe cosmetic and functional …

Background: Noma is an infectious but opportunistic disease that often results in severe
facial disfigurements and mortality if untreated. As noma progresses quickly, early detection …