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Dr. Peter Ajanson

@ajansonpeter

Medical Doctor, British Council Fellow & YALI Ghana RLC Fellow

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You have to get out of your comfort zone in other to grow. Growth doesn't come that easy. You need to be intentional and deliberate to set targets and timeline for yourself. Above all, you need to have your personal plan of action. lnkd.in/dWPGxV3J

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To eradicate noma disease, we need to: 1. Increase surveillance on noma disease. 2. Increase access to health care in communities especially in rural village - both access to services and manpower. 3. Include oral health into primary health care as well as train HCW.

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One of the highlight of 2023 is the landmark announcement of noma being included in WHO NTD list. With this, the spotlight and attention which noma deserves will be give to it. There will be scaled up activities from all stakeholders responding to noma disease.

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In 2024, nearly 4.4 million girls - or more than 12,000 each day - are at risk of female genital mutilation around the world. #EndFGM #HerVoiceMatters #YALIRLCAlumniNGNorthEast #YALIRLCAlumniNGNorthCentral Federal Ministry of Health, NIGERIA World Health Organization (WHO) Punch Newspapers African Union Africa CDC NPHCDA

In 2024, nearly 4.4 million girls - or more than 12,000 each day - are at risk of female genital mutilation around the world.
#EndFGM
#HerVoiceMatters
#YALIRLCAlumniNGNorthEast
#YALIRLCAlumniNGNorthCentral
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<a href="/MobilePunch/">Punch Newspapers</a> <a href="/_AfricanUnion/">African Union</a> <a href="/AfricaCDC/">Africa CDC</a> <a href="/NphcdaNG/">NPHCDA</a>
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"At a major noma scientific conference in Nigeria in November, Peter Ajanson, MSF Nigeria’s deputy medical director, noted an increase in reports of noma cases in other Nigerian states which were previously unaffected."