MSF Urges FG To Integrate Noma Care Into Primary Healthcare

Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has urged the Federal Government and other stakeholders to integrate noma prevention, diagnosis and treatment into Nigeria’s primary healthcare system to enable early detection and reduce deaths and disabilities among children.
The organisation warned that the absence of noma from routine child health programmes and gaps in grassroots healthcare delivery continue to expose vulnerable children, particularly those in impoverished and underserved communities, to the devastating effects of the disease.
MSF made the call as the Sokoto State Ministry of Health’s Noma Hospital, supported by the organisation, began its final surgical intervention phase for 2026,...