Noma : a neglected oro-facial childhood disease
| dc.contributor.author | Khammissa, Razia Abdool Gafaar | |
| dc.contributor.author | Lemmer, Johan | |
| dc.contributor.author | Feller, Liviu | |
| dc.contributor.email | razia.khammissa@up.ac.za | en_US |
| 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 |