RESOURCES AND INFORMATION

Neglected Tropical Diseases

This presentation reviews the 21 neglected tropical diseases (NTDs), including noma, which was officially recognized as an NTD in 2023.

CREDITS: Uniting to Combat Neglected Tropical Diseases (Uniting to Combat), and Dr. Joel Rosenbloom

How Ada Saved Her Younger Brother’s Life from Noma

CREDITS: World Health Organization African Region

Surviving Noma: Health for All Film Festival

CREDITS

Directed and filmed by Claire Jeantet & Fabrice Caterini

Field recording & Original soundtrack: Louis-Antoine Fort

Translation: Aisha Abubakar

Drawings: Chloé Fournier © Inediz - 2020

Resources on Noma

Noma Gains the Recognition it Deserves

Noma: A Neglected Enigma

Noma: Overview of a Neglected Disease and Human Rights Violation

Stages of Noma

Shining a Light on Noma: A Cruel and Disfiguring Disease of Poverty

WHO Brochure on Noma

A scoping literature review of Noma

WHO Officially Recognizes Noma as a Neglected Tropical Disease

Defining the Noma Research Agenda

Shattered Smiles: The FACES of NOMA Paperback – June 5 2023

WHO Healthcare Worker Training on Noma

Links for International Organizations Involved in Noma work: Research, Advocacy, Education, and Clinical Work

Grema shows a photograph of his healthy son, Mohammed, before he was diagnosed with noma and became disfigured by the disease.