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Restoring Dignity: A Journey With Noma Survivors
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Film screening plus Q&A with filmmaker Claire Jeantet, noma survivor Mulikat Okanlawon and Dr Mark Sherlock, Médecins sans frontières (MSF) Health Program Manager.
Wednesday 29 January, 4-6pm, Chowen Lecture Theatre, Medical Teaching Building.
Free and open to all, but please book a ticket via Eventbrite.
The BSMS Centre for Excellence in Global Health Research is delighted to invite you to mark World Neglected Tropical Diseases Day with a very special screening of Restoring Dignity, a documentary following the journey of noma survivors across Nigeria.
The screening will be followed by an in-person Q&A with Mulikat Okanlawon, President and co-founder of Elysium, the first noma survivors association, whose personal story is featured in the film, alongside the filmmaker Claire Jeantet and Dr Mark Sherlock, MSF.
Noma, which was officially listed by the World Health Organisation as a neglected tropical disease in 2023, is a gangrenous infection starting in the mouth caused by extreme poverty, malnutrition and poor hygiene. In just two weeks, it destroys the tissues of the face and might kill up to 90 percent of the people affected.
Restoring Dignity offers a glimpse into survivors’ lives and follows their struggles and achievements over the course of a year.
For queries about the event, please contact Gem Aellah by email at: g.aellah@bsms.ac.uk