The country’s elimination marks a milestone in Africa’s fight to control and end the disease, the second-leading infectious ...

In a small village in Niger’s Tahoua region, an 80-year-old man sits in the shade, his eyes clouded by irreversible blindness ...

The economic benefits of eliminating river blindness in Niger are estimated at $2.3 billion, with 17.8 billion additional ...

Niger’s journey was supported by the Reaching the Last Mile Fund, an initiative founded by President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan to accelerate the elimination of two neglected tropical diseases ...

KOLOA, Hawaii — In this Healio Video Perspective from Hawaiian Eye 2025, I. Paul Singh, MD, explains excimer laser trabeculostomy for the treatment of glaucoma. KOLOA, Hawaii — Aggressive ...

Niamey, Jan 31 (IANS) Niger's Minister of Public Health, Population and Social Affairs Garba Hakimi officially declared that the country is free of onchocerciasis. With this landmark achievement, ...

In a first for the continent, Niger was certified by the WHO for eliminating onchocerciasis as a public health problem ...

DECATUR, Ga., Jan. 30, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- On 30 January 2025, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced that Niger has been verified for eliminating the transmission of onchocerciasis, ...