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Noma survivors: closer to getting the attention they deserve
Neglected diseases

MSF joins noma survivors in celebrating inclusion in WHO neglected tropical diseases list

MSF welcomes the decision of World Health Organization to include noma in its official list of neglected tropical diseases. Press Release - 15 Dec 2023
 
Noma survivors: closer to getting the attention they deserve
Noma

Noma survivors shine a light on neglected disease

The inspiring stories of three survivors of noma, who are now working to help others suffering from the deadly neglected tropical disease. Voices from the Field - 23 May 2023
 
Bilya - Noma Survivor
Neglected diseases

Noma takes step towards inclusion on WHO list of neglected tropical diseases

The inclusion of noma in the list of neglected tropical diseases would shine a spotlight on the most neglected of neglected diseases. Press Release - 3 Feb 2023
 
SOUTH SUDAN KALA AZAR
Neglected diseases

No more neglected diseases, no more neglected patients

As we release a new report on neglected tropical diseases, International President Dr Christos Christou urges countries not to reverse the gains made on eliminating them. Press Release - 27 Jan 2021
 
Bilya, noma survivor
Noma

The neglected disease that destroys faces and lives

Noma, a neglected and little-known non-contagious disease, mostly affects children under five living in poverty. Nigeria’s Sokoto Noma Hospital, supported by MSF, is one of the few in the world fully dedicated to treating this deadly bacterial disease. Project Update - 15 Nov 2018
 
Maryam, noma survivor
Website

Noma, a neglected disease

MSF website dedicated to noma, a disfiguring, neglected disease that affects mostly children under five living in poverty. Learn about the disease, people who have it, and what MSF is doing to support them in Sokoto Noma Hospital in Nigeria. noma.msf.org/
 
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Nigeria

MSF transforms faces and lives of patients suffering from noma

MSF has held its first surgical intervention in Nigeria for people with noma, a disfiguring and often deadly infection which mainly affects young children. In late August, 19 patients at the Noma Children's Hospital in Sokoto, northwestern Nigeria, underwent reconstructive surgery which will improve their health and their chances of re-entering society and living a normal life. Project Update - 22 Oct 2015
 
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South Sudan

Nomads of war: A headmaster and his family living under a tree

Since the beginning of April , Simon Akoch, his wife and their six children have been sleeping under a tree in Noon, 25 minutes away from the Nile river by foot. Voices from the Field - 29 Apr 2015
 
Renewed conflict in Upper Nile, South Sudan
South Sudan

Nomads of war - perpetual displacements of South Sudanese families in Upper Nile

In Malakal, over 6,600 people have fled to shelter at UN base, while in Melut over 1,665 families have sought refuge since April. Press Release - 27 Apr 2015
 
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Democratic Republic of Congo

Nomadic herders forced to flee in northern DRC

“They said that the women, children and elderly had come to Niangara to avoid being raped or kidnapped in the bush,” said Azaad Alocco, MSF project coordinator..“Even for nomads used to a hard life, the conditions in their makeshift camp were bad, with no water, no hygiene facilities and even the few bits of plastic sheeting they had for making shelters were stolen.” Project Update - 24 Jan 2011
Cholera intervention in South Kivu
Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF)

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We provide medical assistance to people affected by conflict, epidemics, disasters, or exclusion from healthcare. Our teams are made up of tens of thousands of health professionals, logistic and administrative staff - most of them hired locally. Our actions are guided by medical ethics and the principles of independence and impartiality. We are a non-profit, self-governed, member-based organisation.

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