Noma
Commons · Question 28983 · Tabled 5 Feb 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office · Official record
Answered 18 Feb 2025
Question
Asked by Wendy Morton
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of trends in the level of (a) prevalence and (b) mortality rates of noma (i) worldwide and (ii) in the UK.
Answer
Answered by Anneliese Dodds, 18 Feb 2025
I spoke at a reception in Parliament on the 28th January to mark World Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) day. The meeting included a speech by Noma survivor and advocate Mulikat Okanlawon and I separately met with her to hear about her experiences.The UK...