MEDIA ARCHIVES

Newspaper articles

• MX Sydney Newspaper "Running to Africa is one mighty marathon effort"
  Tuesday March 11, 2008
• Wentworth Courier Newspaper "For the love of spandex"
  Wednesday June 25, 2008
• The Daily Telegraph "Raper gets wheelchair trial rolling"
  Saturday May 24, 2008
• Wentworth Courier Newspaper "Marathon Man faces epic race"
  Wednesday February 20, 2008

NOMA occurs in young children who are malnourished and debilitated by diseases like measles and malaria. The early stages of noma are characterised by a swelling of the cheek and/or lip, excessive salivation and pain. Within a few days, the cheek and lip discolour and the mouth becomes extremely foul smelling. Teeth become loose. Within a week, the skin of the cheek and/or lip is perforated and the gangrene of the facial tissue spreads very rapidly to the jaws, nose and eyes.