Flesh-eating disease making a comeback

A disease, almost eradicated, that eats through people's skin, cartilage and bones is re-appearing in Africa, Asia and South America, the World Health Organisation has warned.

Yaws, a bacterial infection that can cause debilitating deformations, particularly in under-15's, once affected 50-million people worldwide before a widespread treatment programme in the 1950's almost wiped it out.