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World’s best restaurant Noma postpones closure, to stay open until 2025, eyes return to Kyoto for ‘unfinished business’

In January 2023, Rene Redzepi announced the closing of his world-famous Copenhagen dining room Noma – the five-time winner of the World’s 50 Best restaurant list and one of the …

WHO officially recognises Noma as Neglected Tropical Disease

by Akin Smith

The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Friday announced the inclusion of noma (cancrum oris or gangrenous stomatitis) in its official list of Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs). The inclusion is coming …

Forgotten, treatable fatal disease affecting Nigerian children

by Akin Smith

Five-year-old Fatsuma Zubairu sat glumly on a bed in a ward at the Noma Children’s Hospital in Sokoto State. A gaping wound has impaired her delicate features and her lips …