Niger is the first African country and fifth in the world to eliminate onchocerciasis, also known as 'river blindness', a ...
Onchocerciasis, also known as river blindness, is spread by infected blackflies in rural areas along rivers and lakes. Niger is the first African country and fifth worldwide to eliminate the ...
DECATUR, Ga., Jan. 30, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- On 30 January 2025, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced that Niger ...
Hundreds of thousands of doses of moxidectin – which treats a disease caused by a parasitic worm – are being given to ...
H.H. Sheikh Theyab bin Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Chairman of the Presidential Court for Development and Fallen ...
Onchocerciasis, commonly known as river blindness, is parasitic disease, and 2nd-leading infectious cause of blindness ...
The country’s elimination marks a milestone in Africa’s fight to control and end the disease, the second-leading infectious ...
Kebbi 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 ...
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.
In a small village in Niger’s Tahoua region, an 80-year-old man sits in the shade, his eyes clouded by irreversible blindness ...
The economic benefits of eliminating river blindness in Niger are estimated at $2.3 billion, with 17.8 billion additional ...