Despite significant progress in eliminating river blindness, also known as onchocerciasis, around 50 million Nigerians remain at risk.

The federal government has reaffirmed its commitment to eliminating onchocerciasis, also known as river blindness, within the ...

"If the children born during the treatment period test negative, we can confirm that transmission is no longer occurring in those areas” ...

Justice Ackaah-Boafo calls for legal clarity on ‘stated misbehavior’ in Judges’ ...

Some parasites can affect the eyes. Without treatment, this can lead to vision loss. Learn more about the types of eye parasites, their symptoms, and treatment options.

According to the World Health Organization (WHO), onchocerciasis, commonly known as “river blindness", is caused by the parasitic worm Onchocerca volvulus. It is transmitted to humans by the repeated ...

A recent world inventory lists 2,424 species of Simuliidae, of which at least 27 species or species complexes are known to transmit Onchocerca volvulus, the causative agent of the disease in humans.

The Scientist's content tagged with: Onchocerca Volvulus. Despite a fierce civil war, scientists led a 14-year grassroots campaign that has eradicated a parasitic disease from northern Sudan.

River blindness is caused by the microscopic parasitic worm Onchocerca volvulus, which is spread by the bite of a blackfly that breeds in river rapids. It jumps from fly to human, ...

Niger is recognized as the fifth country in the world, the first in Africa, to have successfully halted the transmission of the parasite Onchocerca volvulus. The other four countries that have reached ...

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 ...

Press Release - 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 ...