Niger became the first African country to eliminate the parasitic infection onchocerciasis, also known as river blindness, and the fifth worldwide, according to World Health Organisation (WHO).
The country’s elimination marks a milestone in Africa’s fight to control and end the disease, the second-leading infectious ...
But now, thanks to a combination of non-profit researchers and African public-health workers, there are signs of progress ...
Gus' Sip & Dip opens in River North and pays homage to another that once occupied the very same spot, but with a modern twist ...
Hundreds of thousands of doses of moxidectin – which treats a disease caused by a parasitic worm – are being given to ...
In a small village in Niger’s Tahoua region, an 80-year-old man sits in the shade, his eyes clouded by irreversible blindness ...
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No more river blindness in Kebbi — Health commissionerKebbi State Commissioner for Health, ismail Yunusa has expressed that river blindness which was endemic in nine local government areas in the state have been completely eradicated.Similarly, only two ...
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EnChroma glasses promise to correct color blindness but the reality is far from their claims. While the glasses may improve ...
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Theyab bin Mohamed congratulates Niger on becoming first country in Africa to eliminate river blindnessH.H. Sheikh Theyab bin Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Chairman of the Presidential Court for Development and Fallen ...
Niger has become the first African country to eliminate river blindness, a parasitic disease that is the second-leading cause of blindness in the world, the WHO said Thursday.
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