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

The World Health Organization (WHO) congratulates Niger for having met the criteria for onchocerciasis elimination, making it ...

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

Geneva — The World Health Organization said Thursday that Niger met the criteria for the elimination of onchocerciasis, a cause of blindness, making it the fifth country globally and the first country ...

DECATUR, Ga., Jan. 30, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- On 30 January 2025, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced that Niger ...

The Acting Commissioner for Health, Sabinus Nwibo, has called for concerted efforts to eliminate Neglected Tropical Diseases, ...

NIAMEY, Jan. 30 (Xinhua) -- Niger's Minister of Public Health, Population and Social Affairs Garba Hakimi officially declared at a ceremony on Thursday that the country is free of onchocerciasis. With ...

The World Health Organization (WHO) has recognised the efforts of Niger, a country in West Africa, in eliminating onchocerciasis-- also known as 'river blindness' -- a parasitic disease caused by ...