04.10.2024
Swiss TPH Symposium: Defining the Noma Research Agenda
The symposium brought together scientists, experts as well as noma survivors to jointly develop a research agenda for noma. From left to right: Maria Guevara (Médecins Sans Frontière), Marta Ribes (Barcelona Institute for Global Health), Vava Muendane, Mulikat Okanlawon, Claire Jeantet (all 3: Elysium). Photo: J. Pelikan/Swiss TPH

Swiss TPH "On 20 September 2024, the Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute (Swiss TPH) organised a symposium entitled “Defining the noma research agenda” in Allschwil near Basel. The symposium brought together around 100 scientists, public health experts, politicians, health advocates as well as noma survivors. The aim of the symposium was to join forces against noma – a severe and rapidly progressing condition primarily affecting children living in extreme poverty – and define a common research agenda."