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NOMA is one of the most terrifying diseases,
affecting mainly young children suffering from malnutrition.
It destroys the face, attacking the jaw, nose and eyes. Out
of 500,000 new cases each year, 90% die and the others are
left disfigured. The FACING AFRICA team is raising money
to allow these children to be operated on so they can find
a place in society once more.
866.ASHDOWN Marshall (GB)
867.BAKER Toby (GB)
868.COLLETT Sophie (GB)
869.CUMMINGS Allan (US)
870.GLENCAIRN-CAMPBELL Carlos (GB)
871.GODFREY Stephan (GB)
872.JOHNS Martin (GB)
873.LAMB James (GB)
874.LYONS Jack (IRL)
875.MULLIN Annabel (GB)
876.MACCONELL ORR Peter (GB)
877.TRANTER Paul (GB)
878.VILJOEN Carien (GB)
879.WAKEFIELD Oliver (GB)
880.WISBEY Daniel (GB) -
881.STAPLETON Iain Paul (GB)
882.SZARVAS Peter (GB)
883.HOGAN-MURPHY Diana (IRL)
884.PEARSE David (ZAF) -
885.THOMAS Martin (GB)
886.WATKIN Kate (GB)
888.MORROW Trent (GB)
889.BURNELL Chris (GB)
890.LORD Chris (GB)
What is the NOMA ?
Noma (cancrum oris) is an acute and ravaging gangrenous infection
affecting the face. The victims of Noma are mainly young
children caught in a vicious circle of extreme poverty and
chronic malnutrition.
Noma begins with ulcers in the mouth. If the condition is
detected in the early stage, progression can be prevented
with the use of common antibiotics and immediate nutritional
rehabilitation. If left untreated, as happens in most cases,
the ulcers progress to Noma at an alarming pace. The next
stage is extremely painful when the cheeks or lips begin
to swell and the victim's general condition deteriorates.
Within a few days, the swelling increases and a blackish
furrow appears and the gangrenous process sets in and, after
the scab falls away and a gaping hole is left in the face.
It is estimated that the mortality rate reaches up to an
alarming 90%.
Survivors, those whose pitiful faces can be seen on these
pages, can arguably be described as the fortunate ones. However,
their lives will never be the same and they will suffer three
main afflictions - facial disfigurement, functional impairment
and social outcast.
The scar tissue restricts jaw movement and a child who survives
is unlikely ever to be able to speak or eat normally again.
In infancy, some children lose their lips and soon die of
starvation, as they are unable to breast-feed.
The World Health Organisation (WHO) estimates that 140,000
new cases of noma occur each year and of these, a mere 10%
survive. That means that 126,000 die each year, mainly in
sub-Saharan countries from Senegal to Ethiopia, a region
known as "the noma belt".
Further info: www.facingafrica.org
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