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 ...

Public health campaigns had made significant strides toward eradicating diseases like elephantitis and river blindness. But this progress has since unraveled with the second Trump administration.

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 ...

Editor’s Note: This story was initially published in February 2013. We’re republishing in conjunction with a new video featuring President Jimmy Carter’s efforts to eliminate the disease. The machete ...

One infection known as dracunculiasis can cause people to suffer a burning blister that bursts as a parasite called the Guinea worm breaks through the skin. Another one, elephantiasis, causes ...

Okello Noel, 18, lives in Kibega Villiage, in Pader District, Uganda. He lost his sight in 2007. The Carter Center's River Blindness Program now assists the country's Ministry of Health in providing ...

When the Nobel for Medicine goes to two scientists who discovered a drug used to fight a variety of neglected diseases, how do you tell the story? NPR's Jason Beaubien decided the best way was to go ...

Kwame comes out of the Pru River, where he tosses his nets to catch fish. Black flies that breed in the water carry the parasite that took away his eyesight. "Look. Have you seen this?" asks ...

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