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).

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

The National Coordinator for Onchocerciasis and Lymphatic Filariasis at Niger’s Ministry of Public Health, Dr Salissou Adamou Batchiri, emphasised the profound impact of this achievement.

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Niger just announced its elimination of river blindness. In 1976, the disease had a prevalence rate in the country of 60%. What is sometimes lost in today’s noisy arguments over foreign assistance is ...