The World Health Organization (WHO) has recognised the efforts of Niger, a country in West Africa, in eliminating onchocerciasis-- also known as 'river blindness' -- a parasitic disease caused by a ...

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

They are the most abundant form of animal life on Earth. Parasites can cause untold human suffering, like those that cause African River Blindness or Lyme disease, but their presence is also a sign of ...

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.

River blindness, or onchocerciasis ... It is caused by the parasitic worm Onchocerca volvulus and spreads through blackfly bites. When a blackfly bites an infected person, it ingests immature ...

An illustration of the parasitic worm that causes river blindness.Credit: Getty Images/Science Photo Library RF “This is as hard as anything in the world,” said Professor Tony Kelleher ...

According to WHO, onchocerciasis, commonly known as river blindness, is a parasitic disease which is the second-leading infectious cause of blindness worldwide, after trachoma. "Eliminating a ...

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 World Health Organisation (WHO).