Tag: Onchocerciasis
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WAHO leveraging on technology to curb infectious disease outbreaks.
The 15 member states of the West African Health Organisation (WAHO), Nigeria among them, are leveraging on technology that will help them prevent...
Ghana Chalks Success In Fight Against NTDs
Ghana has been described as one of the countries in Africa that has successfully eradicated Guinea worm and Trachomaas, which are part of the...
Stakeholders Pledge To Eliminate Neglected Tropical Diseases
Leaders from governments, pharmaceutical companies and charitable organizations have congregated at a five-day summit in Geneva to pledge new commitments to the collective effort...
Remarkable but Hardly Impressive
I am personally the victim of onchocerciasis, the technical name for river blindness. I contracted this eye disease from living for nearly a decade,...
Accelerating Global Progress Towards Eliminating Onchocerciasis
A new test will accelerate global progress toward eliminating onchocerciasis, a leading cause of preventable blindness in Africa. PATH, an international nonprofit health organization,...
