Noma action-research begins

This week Project Harar begins a significant action-research project focusing on patients previously treated for noma, a gangerous tropical disease caused by malnutrition.

To carry out this action-research, Project Harar have teamed up with Dr Nadia Lafferty of the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine to reach over 50 survivors of noma in villages across the Harar region, eastern Ethiopia.

The project will audit the quality of facial reconstructive surgical care and the social outcomes for patients with noma, as well as making referrals for further care and gauging local understanding of noma. This will be the first noma research project of its kind and will undoubtedly provide Project Harar's established health outreach programme and the wider medical community with further knowledge and understanding of this shocking disease.

Click here to find out more and keep up-to-date with the project’s progress.