Senegal stopped treatment in ... therefore higher wages in their lifetimes. “Niger is a country rich in natural resources but, for decades, river blindness prevented its people from being ...

Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire: WWF is joining with local and international partners to save Africa's third longest river. West Africa's Niger river connects four ecoregions of outstanding importance and some ...

In a small village in Niger’s Tahoua region, an 80-year-old man sits in the shade, his eyes clouded by irreversible blindness ...

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.

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

Niger is the first country in Africa to eliminate onchocerciasis, also known as river blindness ... Additionally, Senegal in 2022 stopped treatment and is now under post-treatment surveillance ...

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. Niger is “the ...