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

The WHO’s verification is the culmination of nearly 50 years of collaboration in West Africa to control or eliminate river blindness. RLMF partnered with Niger’s Ministry of Health to collect ...

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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.

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

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

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 ...

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

Niger became the first African country ... culmination of nearly fifty years of collaboration in West Africa to control or eliminate river blindness. According to a press release by The End ...