Table 1.

Stakeholders responsibilities and actions

Organization	Responsibility	Actions
WHO, World Bank, FAO, UNICEF	International priority	Inclusion with neglected diseases and global burden of disease programs
	Epidemiology and surveillance	Global monitoring system
		Interagency cooperation
Global and tropical disease programs	Education	Include noma
	Etiological research	Support research
NGOs, donors	Education and awareness raising	Report noma cases and survivors
	Etiological research	Support primary care prevention
	Surgery and rehabilitation	Support etiological research
		Support noma survivors for surgery and rehabilitation
National MoH	National noma action plan	Primary health care and public health
	Primary health care	Training and education of health workers for early diagnosis and treatment
		Appoint noma action person
		Elimination of discrimination of noma survivors
		Improve access to reconstructive surgery

FAO = Food and Agriculture Organization; NGO = nongovernmental organization; UNICEF = United Nations Children's Fund; WHO = World Health Organization.