Noma : a neglected oro-facial childhood disease

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dc.contributor.author Khammissa, Razia Abdool Gafaar
dc.contributor.author Lemmer, Johan
dc.contributor.author Feller, Liviu
dc.date.accessioned 2022-07-06T10:49:53Z
dc.date.issued 2021-10
dc.description.abstract WHO's World Health Assembly 2021 has recognised the impact of certain oral diseases on general health, and consequently the need to incorporate oral health strategies into universal health care, particularly for remote poor rural communities. Noma is an opportunistic, necrotising oro-facial childhood disease prevalent particularly in remote poor rural areas of sub-Saharan Africa, causing gross oral and facial mutilation, and terrible facial disfigurement, requiring complex plastic surgical reconstruction. en_US
dc.description.department Periodontics and Oral Medicine en_US
dc.description.embargo 2022-09-15
dc.description.librarian hj2022 en_US
dc.description.uri https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanchi/home en_US
dc.identifier.citation Khammissa, R.A.G, Lemmer, J. & Feller, L. 2021, 'Noma : a neglected oro-facial childhood disease', Lancet Child and Adolescent Health, vol. 5, no. 10, pp. 685-686, doi : 10.1016/S2352-4642(21)00264-9. en_US
dc.identifier.issn 2352-4642 (online)
dc.identifier.other 10.1016/S2352-4642(21)00264-9
dc.identifier.uri https://repository.up.ac.za/handle/2263/86053
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.publisher Elsevier en_US
dc.rights © 2021 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. Notice : this is the author’s version of a work that was accepted for publication in Lancet Child and Adolescent Health. Changes resulting from the publishing process, such as peer review, editing, corrections, structural formatting, and other quality control mechanisms may not be reflected in this document. A definitive version was subsequently published in Lancet Child and Adolescent Health , Lancet Child and Adolescent Health, vol. 5, no. 10, pp. 685-686, 2021, doi : 10.1016/S2352-4642(21)00264-9. en_US
dc.subject Noma en_US
dc.subject Oro-facial childhood disease en_US
dc.subject Poor rural areas en_US
dc.subject Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) en_US
dc.title Noma : a neglected oro-facial childhood disease en_US
dc.type Postprint Article en_US


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