NYNETHA Public Health and Development Initiative Benue has joined the global community to mark World Noma Day 2023 to raise awareness about the noma disease which affects the mouth region usually in children of between 2 to 6 years old.
The non-communicable, disease is “a severe and aggressive gangrenous process (a condition wherein body tissues die due to infection or lack of blood supply) that affects the mouth, nose, and lips mainly occurring in malnourished children in the developing world.
The mortality of noma is high and the survivors harbor such facial deformities that they are often rejected from society and family life.
To tackle this health menace, NYNETHA Benue urged the public to report suspected cases to public health facilities where treatment for noma is free-of-charge.
The organisation called for increased budgetary funding to help fight the noma scourge and urged families to improve children’s oral health care and nutrition.
Noma is treatable with basic oral hygiene, antibiotics and wound dressing if detected and managed during the first weeks of the disease, likely noma symptom to look out for is when the gums and lining of the cheeks become inflamed and develop sores (or ulcers) which develop a foul-smell, causing bad breath and skin odour.
NYNETHA Public Health and Development Initiative is a Community Based Organisation (CBO) working on Adolescents Sexual Reproductive Health and other public health concerns.
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