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 the ...

In a bid to tackle river blindness, the Kogi State Ministry of NTDs Programme, in collaboration with Sightsavers, has ...

Frank Richards, senior advisor at the Carter Center, a health advocacy organization, spoke on the history and spread of river blindness and the transatlantic slave trade at the annual School of Public ...

Outside the main entrance of World Health Organization’s headquarters in Geneva stands a bronze statue of an African boy walking ahead of his blinded father, guiding him with a long stick they both ...

The world's first vaccine for a disease that causes misery for millions in Africa could be tested within five years. Researchers have taken a major step towards developing a vaccine against river ...

Rene Le Berre, 78, a French entomologist who helped save millions of Africans from contracting river blindness, a vicious and preventable condition that mostly affects the poor, died Dec. 6 in ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Onchocerciasis, commonly known as river blindness, is a neglected tropical disease that causes severe itching, disfiguring skin ...

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The Reaching the Last Mile Fund (RLMF) will expand its elimination program for lymphatic filariasis (LF) and river blindness from 11 countries to 39 countries. His Highness Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed ...