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 Stephan Heinrich Nolte
Tuesday the 29th of October 2024
at 16h00 to 17h00 South Africa time
Since 1955, Dr. Nolte has held a pediatric office in Marburg/Germany for 30 years until he retired in 2022. Before he studied medicine and cultural sciences in Göttingen, Freiburg and Paris, he had a 10 years clinical training in pediatrics in Freiburg, and was senior consultant at the Marburg University Children´s Hospital from 1990 to 1992. He trained in neonatology, nephrology, psychosomatics, tropical and wilderness medicine, and underwent psychotherapeutic training. International experience in Rwanda, Kolkata and Nepal. For some years he was a lecturer at the annual Intensive Course of Tropical Pediatrics, especially on sociocultural and psychosocial aspects of medical help, held by the German Society for tropical Pediatrics and International Child Health (GTP) where at same time he was on the executive board (https://globalchildhealth.de/en/). Since his retirement, his research is focused on the history of pediatrics with an emphasis on Eastern Europe, National Socialism and medical ethics.
Marta Ribes
26 November 2024, 16h00 South Africa Time
Marta Ribes is a predoctoral researcher at the Barcelona Institute for Global Health. She earned her bachelor’s in Biomedical Sciences from the University of Barcelona, and master's degrees in Neuroscience from Sorbonne Université and Global Health from the University of Barcelona. In the past, Marta has been involved in several COVID-19 projects, focusing on its epidemiology and immune response. Additionally, she participated in the implementation of a clinical trial in Mozambique and Kenya which tested a new vector control tool for malaria.
After attending a screening of the documentary “Restoring Dignity”, she decided to shed light on the disease through research and outreach activities. In January 2024, she led a project in Zambezia, Mozambique, which evidenced the presence of noma in the country after decades of neglect. She now devotes herself full-time to noma, and envisions this project as a catalyst for future research and awareness on the disease in Mozambique and beyond.
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