Noma as a neglected tropical disease

An opportunity to reconsider neglect in global health

Bibliographic Data

ID21879690
AuthorsElysium Noma Survivors Association (Elysium Noma Survivors Association, Biel/Bienne, Switzerland), Dan Izzett (The Leprosy Mission International), Barbara Izzett (The Leprosy Mission International), Alice Trotter (The Leprosy Mission International), João Nunes (0000-0002-0118-0993, University of York), João Augusto Guerra Da Rocha Nunes (0000-0003-0328-307X, Universidad Pontificia Comillas, Madrid, Spain), Ioana Cismas (University of York), Claire Jeantet (Asur Plant Breeding (France)), Emmanuel Kabengele Mpinga (0000-0002-5763-4843, University of Geneva), Habib Benzian (0000-0003-3692-4849, University of Geneva), Emmanuel Kabengele (University of Geneva), Heron Gezahegn Gebretsadik (0000-0003-1036-8530, University of Bangui), Heron Gebretsadik (EUCLID University, Bangui, Central African Republic), Laura Merrill (Drugs for Neglected Diseases Initiative), Marta Ribes (0000-0001-7269-1507, Drugs for Neglected Diseases Initiative), Marianne Comparet (Barcelona Institute for Global Health), Mark Sherlock (0000-0003-4078-624X, Médecins Sans Frontières), Himani Bhakuni (0000-0003-0884-7866, Médecins Sans Frontières)
Year2025
Volume10
Issue8
Pagese019152
Publication date2025-08-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueBMJ Global Health (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2059-7908 • E-ISSN: 2059-7908
PublisherBMJ (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1136/bmjgh-2025-019152
PMID40754343
OpenAlexW4412869815
LanguageEN
References cited4

box The rise of neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) as a global health category has undoubtedly increased awareness of hitherto unknown health problems; an example of this is the recent incorporation of noma, a severe gangrenous disease of the mouth and face, in the NTD list

Disease · Environmental health · Global health · Neglect · Neglected tropical diseases · noma · Pathology · Psychiatry · Public health · Tropical disease · HIV/AIDS oral health manifestations · Medicine · Nursing · Otolaryngology and Infectious Diseases

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