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WHO verifies Niger as the first country in the African Region to eliminate onchocerciasis
THE World Health Organisation (WHO) congratulates Niger for having met the criteria for onchocerciasis elimination, making it the fifth country globally and ...
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Niger becomes the first African country to eliminate a major blindness-inducing infection
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), which just sent its congratulations, Niger has gone down as the first ...
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WHO Recognises Niger As The First African Country To Eliminate Infectious Parasitic Disease Onchocerciasis
Niger is the first African country and fifth in the world to eliminate onchocerciasis, also known as 'river blindness', a ...
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Neglected tropical diseases: Niger becomes first in WHO African Region to eliminate onchocerciasis
Niger has met the criteria for elimination of onchocerciasis, making it the fifth country in the world and the first country in Africa to be recognised by WHO as having interrupted transmission of the ...
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.
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Niger becomes first African country 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 ...
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Woman has to have colon 'unkinked' after 2 mystery symptoms lead to rare emergency
When there’s that extra length and slack, the sigmoid colon can twist on itself, a condition known as a sigmoid volvulus, Cunningham says. “It can just happen spontaneously,” she tells TODAY ...