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Sakina, a 5-year-old girl from Sokoto State with her mother Hauwa on their way to the Noma hospital. Hauwa understood that Sakina was very sick, but neither the local clinic nor traditional healing succeeded in stopping the disease. Nigeria, April 2017.
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WHO officially recognizes noma as a neglected tropical disease

15 December 2023
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