Blackfly in test tube, Bobo-Dioulasso, Upper Volta (182388). A common parasitical disease spread by a species of blackfly, onchocerciasis, also known as river blindness, can cause vision changes or ...

River blindness, or onchocerciasis, is a devastating disease that has raised public health concerns in sub-Saharan Africa, Latin America, and Yemen. The name “river blindness” originates from ...

Onchocerciasis, or river blindness, causes debilitating skin disease as well as severe itching of the eyes and eventually destruction of eye tissue, leading to blindness. More than 25 million people ...

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 fifth ...

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

For the best experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings. River blindness, or onchocerciasis, is a devastating disease that has raised public health ...