New cures for Africa’s most gruesome diseases
But now, thanks to a combination of non-profit researchers and African public-health workers, there are signs of progress ...
Prevent Blindness Ohio holds annual People of Vision Celebration in Cleveland, with Jim Tressel as featured speaker
February is Low Vision Awareness Month, and each year in Ohio, nearly 4,000 children suffer serious eye injuries each year ...
A small team of Australian scientists won a rare drug approval – and upended the pharma system
Hundreds of thousands of doses of moxidectin – which treats a disease caused by a parasitic worm – are being given to ...
'It's going to cause chaos again': Lake County residents wait out aftermath of ice jam on Chagrin River
Residents in Eastlake and Willoughby Hills are on high alert, with some already dealing with significant flooding in their yards.
Niger’s historic triumph over river blindness is a beacon of hope for Africa
In a small village in Niger’s Tahoua region, an 80-year-old man sits in the shade, his eyes clouded by irreversible blindness ...
Paulin Basinga
In a first for the continent, Niger was certified by the WHO for eliminating onchocerciasis as a public health problem ...
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No more river blindness in Kebbi — Health commissioner
Kebbi State Commissioner for Health, ismail Yunusa has expressed that river blindness which was endemic in nine local government areas in the state have been completely eradicated.Similarly, only two ...
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Niger becomes first African nation to eliminate river blindness
The economic benefits of eliminating river blindness in Niger are estimated at $2.3 billion, with 17.8 billion additional ...
DC plane crash had one deadly cause: official Washington’s willful blindness
Members of Congress and multiple presidents knew all the risks of Washington’s overloaded airspace, poor infrastructure and ...
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Theyab bin Mohamed congratulates Niger on becoming first country in Africa to eliminate river blindness
H.H. Sheikh Theyab bin Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Chairman of the Presidential Court for Development and Fallen ...
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Niger becomes first African country to eliminate onchocerciasis
The World Health Organization (WHO) congratulates Niger for having met the criteria for onchocerciasis elimination, making it ...
Niger first African state to eradicate river blindness: WHO
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.