‘I treat it but I don’t know what this disease is’: a qualitative study on noma (cancrum oris) and traditional healing in northwest Nigeria

BACKGROUND: Noma, a neglected disease mostly affecting children, with a 90% mortality rate if untreated, is an orofacial gangrene that disintegrates the tissues of the face in <1 wk. Noma can become inactive with early stage antibiotic treatment. Traditional healers, known as mai maganin gargajiy...

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Autores principales: Farley, Elise, Bala, Hussaina Muhammad, Lenglet, Annick, Mehta, Ushma, Abubakar, Nura, Samuel, Joseph, de Jong, Annette, Bil, Karla, Oluyide, Bukola, Fotso, Adolphe, Stringer, Beverley, Cuesta, Julita Gil, Venables, Emilie
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6964223/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31504549
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/inthealth/ihz066

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