Monthly Noma Webinars
Monthly seminars will be held on the last Tuesday of each month from 16h00 to 17h00 South Africa Standard Time (UTC/GMT +2 hours).
Dr. Wendy Thompson
Tuesday the 25th of November 2025
at 16h00 to 17h00 South Africa time (UTC/GMT +2 hours).
Appropriate antibiotic treatments for dental conditions
Dr Wendy Thompson is a clinical academic dentist based at University of Manchester, UK. Her research focuses on antibiotic prescribing, resistance and stewardship. She chairs the FDI World Dental Federation task team on Preventing AMR and Infection, including noma. She authored policy statements on AMR and on noma for FDI and the International Association for Oral, Dental and Craniofacial Research.
Effective antibiotics save lives. Keeping antibiotics working means using them only when strictly necessary. Dental pain and infection are generally readily amendable to treatment with a dental procedure (such as extraction or root canal). Without appropriate treatment, however, oral and dental infections can become quickly life threatening - noma is one of these infections. Treatment for noma requires swift access to effective antibiotics. This talk will explore the issues raised in these statements.
Dr. Yuka Makino
Monday the 15th of December 2025
at 16h00 to 17h00 South Africa time (UTC/GMT +2 hours).
Join us on the second anniversary of the addition of noma to the WHO NTD list to celebrate the achievement and learn more about what the WHO has been working on since this important moment.
Dr. Yuka Makino has been a technical officer for oral health at the WHO Regional Office for Africa since August 2019. Her main responsibilities are to implement the Global and Regional Strategy on Oral Health and the Regional Noma Control Programme through supporting Member States to develop
and implement the national oral health policy/action plan; and building the capacity of the focal points of oral health at the ministry of health to accelerate oral health agenda.
Dr. Makino holds a PhD in Preventive Dentistry, an MSc in Public Health (Health Promotion), and a Doctor of Dental Surgery.
Dr. Makino will give an update on the WHOs noma actiities since the disaease was officially listed as an NTD in 2023.
