Tanker explosions have claimed hundreds of lives between January 2010 and January 2025Investigations also show that dozens of ...

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

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

Niger is the first African country and fifth in the world to eliminate onchocerciasis, also known as 'river blindness', a ...

Niger has ordered the International Committee of the Red Cross to cease operations and for its foreign staff to leave the ...

"Niger's success ends this burden for its people. It also positions Niger as a model for the elimination of neglected ...

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.

Millions of people will no longer suffer from the ... and severe itching have become exceptionally rare. Niger is now the first country on the continent to eliminate the transmission of the ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Onchocerciasis, also known as river blindness, is spread by infected blackflies in rural areas along rivers ...

"Niger's success ends this burden for its people. It also positions Niger as a model for the elimination of neglected tropical diseases in Africa. The country previously demonstrated its ...

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 ...

Niger is recognised as the fifth country in the world ... and induce intense inflammatory responses when they die. Infected people may show symptoms such as severe itching and various skin ...