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As of 2018, “Nigeria [was] the most endemic country in the world for river blindness, accounting for as much as 40% of the global disease burden,” according to Frank Richards, senior advisor to the Carter Center’s River Blindness Elimination Program.
'Reaching the Last Mile Fund' has been supporting the elimination of river blindness and lymphatic filariasis
DUBAI, 9th December, 2021 (WAM) -- Niger has completed the necessary evaluations in line with guidelines from the World Health Organisation (WHO) to certify the elimination of onchocerciasis (commonly known as river blindness), unlocking billions for the country’s economy over the last several decades. It was announced yesterday at Expo 2020 Dubai that Niger is preparing the requisite paperwork for WHO verification and pending certification, and the country is now poised to be the first in Africa to declare it has eliminated the NTD -...
Reviewing the historical programs used to eliminate the tropical diseases onchoceriasis and trachoma in Mexico, including a cost-effectiveness assessment.