Niger just announced its elimination of river blindness. In 1976, the disease had a prevalence rate in the country of 60%.

Africa is a beautiful continent, surrounded with deserts jungles, forest and rivers which is at the heart of this lively ...

The 171-mile road will link the city of N'guigmi with Koulele and Django, and is part of a strategy to improve the road ...

The World Health Organization (WHO) has recognised the efforts of Niger, a country in West Africa, in eliminating onchocerciasis-- also known as 'river blindness' -- a parasitic disease caused by a ...

Covering almost 490,000 square miles, Niger is the largest landlocked country in West Africa and the second largest ... corner along the namesake Niger River. As a whole, Niger’s infrastructure ...

The country’s elimination marks a milestone in Africa’s fight to control and end the disease, the second-leading infectious cause of blindness worldwide.

River blindness is spread to humans ... the agency's director for Africa. The WHO said a key factor in Niger's success was the collaboration between the government, the WHO and non-governmental ...

Niger became the first African country to eliminate the parasitic infection onchocerciasis — also known as river blindness — and the fifth worldwide, according to WHO.

Listeners swayed as the celebrated Malian duo Amadou and Mariam sang from a stage on the banks of the Niger River at an ...

Programmes to eliminate neglected tropical diseases, like river blindness and trachoma (pictured), do more than just restore health - Simon Townsley ...

Onchocerciasis, commonly known as river blindness ... umbrella of the WHO Onchocerciasis Control Programme in West Africa (OCP), Niger undertook vector control measures by spraying insecticides ...