ArticlePLoS neglected tropical diseases2020
Why is noma a neglected-neglected tropical disease?
Article in PLoS neglected tropical diseases, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 papers.
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18 citing papers in PubMed, 33 citations in OpenAlex.
- Prevalence of significant depressive symptoms and associated factors among facially disfigured pediatric Noma patients in Nigeria: A single-centre cross-sectional study.PLOS mental health · 2026Article
- Patterns of Noma (Cancrum Oris) Survivors in Ethiopia: A Retrospective, Multicentric, Cross-sectional Study.Plastic and reconstructive surgery. Global open · 2025Article
- Clinical Diagnosis of Acute Noma: Essential Infection Markers and Clinical Presentations.The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene · 2025Article
- Nonparametric Testing of Body Mass Index as a Predictor of Severe Noma: Assessing Potential Association.The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene · 2024Article
- Noma in the WHO's list of neglected tropical diseases: A review of its impact on undeveloped and developing tropical regions.Preventive medicine reports · 2024Review
- Noma finally recognised as a neglected tropical disease.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2024Article
- Physiotherapy and associated factors affecting mouth opening changes in noma patients during initial hospitalization at an MSF-supported hospital in Northwest Nigeria-A retrospective cohort study.PLOS global public health · 2023Article
- Noma: a PubMed-based informetric analysis of a neglected tropical orofacial disease in Nigeria.Sudanese journal of paediatrics · 2023Article
- Is noma a neglected/overlooked tropical disease?Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene · 2022Article
- A retrospective clinical, multi-center cross-sectional study to assess the severity and sequela of Noma/Cancrum oris in Ethiopia.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2022Review
- A Web of Science-Based Bibliometric Analysis of Global Noma Publications.Tropical medicine and infectious disease · 2022Article
- Noma: Experiences of Survivors, Opinion Leaders and Healthcare Professionals in Burkina Faso.Tropical medicine and infectious disease · 2022Article
- Economic and Social Costs of Noma: Design and Application of an Estimation Model to Niger and Burkina Faso.Tropical medicine and infectious disease · 2022Article
- Noma - a neglected disease of malnutrition and poor oral hygiene: A mini-review.SAGE open medicine · 2022Review
- The position of geochemical variables as causal co-factors of diseases of unknown aetiology.SN applied sciences · 2022Review
- Noma (cancrum oris): A scoping literature review of a neglected disease (1843 to 2021).PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2021Article
- [Global oral health in the international health policy spotlight-challenges and new opportunities for sustainable improvement].Bundesgesundheitsblatt, Gesundheitsforschung, Gesundheitsschutz · 2021Review
- Role of Local Flaps in the Reconstruction of Extensive Anterolateral Noma Defect: A Case Report.Journal of the West African College of SurgeonsArticle
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Abstract
Noma is an orofacial gangrene affecting primarily children living in extreme poverty in remote parts of subtropical and tropical countries. Mortality and disability are high, and survivors often have physical and functional deformities resulting in stigma and isolation. Many healthcare professionals and primary healthcare workers where noma risk factors exist have no knowledge about noma and its implications. Public health measures to improve nutrition, immunizations, sanitation, and access to healthcare and measures to eliminate extreme poverty can lead to the eradication of noma. Research allocation has been insufficient to study the epidemiology, treatment, and prevention of noma. In a recent editorial by Hotez and colleagues in PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs), "What constitutes an NTD?" Noma is not included. The exclusion of noma from NTDs constitutes this preventable childhood disease as a neglected neglected disease. The purpose of this article is the inclusion of noma with the PLOS NTDs. Increased awareness and attention to noma can lead to the eradication of this disease affecting the world's most vulnerable.
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