Researchers have identified Treponema bacteria strongly linked to noma, opening the door to earlier diagnosis and treatment. This study was conducted by researchers from the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine and supported by Médecins Sans Frontières at the Sokoto Noma Hospital in Nigeria.
When polio reappeared in Gaza in 2024 after a 25-year absence, four women working for the Ministry of Health and WHO — navigating bombed roads, displacement, and personal loss — led vaccination campaigns that reached hundreds of thousands of children amid active conflict.
Nigeria carries the world’s highest burden of obstetric fistula. Two recent reports from Nigeria Health Watch and Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières describe a growing network of surgical care, financial protection, and community outreach that is beginning to make a difference.
Dr Lisanwork Honsebo has spent his career figuring out how to stretch scant resources to meet a gaping need. From Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance
Direct Relief supports Pakistani providers caring for vulnerable patients with diabetes.
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