"Black flies are also vector competent, i.e., capable of transmitting pathogens that cause infectious diseases through their ...

Onchocerciasis, commonly known as river blindness, is parasitic disease, and 2nd-leading infectious cause of blindness ...

Press Release - The World Health Organization (WHO) congratulates Niger for having met the criteria for onchocerciasis elimination, making it the fifth country globally and the first country in Africa ...

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.

Onchocerciasis, commonly known as river blindness, is a parasitic disease and is the second leading infectious cause of blindness worldwide after trachoma. The bites of infective black flies ...

The Mectizan Donation Program and Merck, known as MSD outside of the U.S. and Canada, congratulate the government, and the people of Niger, on this remarkable achievement. Millions of people will no ...

Niger's Minister of Public Health, Population and Social Affairs Garba Hakimi officially declared at a ceremony that the country is free of onchocerciasis. With this landmark achievement, Niger ...