Noma disease of neglect makes children faceless

Playing in the dust behind a medical clinic in Burkina Faso capital Ouagadougou with other survivors of noma, a gangrenous disease, Noufou seemed shy but willing to proffer a smile accompanied by a laugh, which caused his mangled lips to splutter. The children all had bandages and sticking plaster holding their half-eaten faces together.

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