The Nigerian government has announced a new national strategy to prevent noma, a rapidly progressing and often fatal infection that continues to affect children in underserved communities.
Speaking on Tuesday at the 2025 National Oral Health and Noma Day and Diagnostic Scientific Conference, the Minister of State for Health and Social Welfare, Iziaq Salako, said the new strategy aims to scale up surveillance, early diagnosis and community-level interventions to curb noma.
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