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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 the fifth country globally and the first country in Africa to be ...
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A Bold Vision to Defeat River Blindness
The Onchocerciasis Control Program (OCP), instituted by the Bank Group and its partners in 1972, was ultimately one of the greatest coordination successes in the history of the organization, ...
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A∙WOL antifilarial drug discovery team
Lymphatic filariasis (elephantiasis) and onchocerciasis (river blindness) cause severe disability and affect more than 117 million people globally, ranking them as one of the leading causes of global ...