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Published on 2024-12-19 07:08:41
NIGERIA stands out as one of the endemic countries for Noma in Africa, with about every 3 in 100 children in Nigeria having this fatal disease that is non-significantly higher in northern than southern Nigeria, a study has said.
Experts, in the first meta-analysis to evaluate the cumulative and overall prevalence of Noma in children in Nigeria, reported that malnutrition, measles, and malaria were major associated risk factors for noma, a highly fatal infection that spreads…
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