Researchers at the Nigerian Institute of Medical Research (NIMR) have raised concerns that over 43 million Nigerians are ...

No fewer than 43 million Nigerians are currently at risk of contracting river blindness, researchers at the Nigerian Institute of Medical Research have said.The condition, also known as onchocerciasis ...

Yaba, Lagos, has given a frightening figure that over 43 million Nigerians are at risk of Onchocerciasis (River Blindness), ...

Despite significant progress in eliminating river blindness, also known as onchocerciasis, over 40 million Nigerians remain at risk.

As Nigeria reaches a critical milestone in the elimination of onchocerciasis—commonly known as river blindness—health experts ...

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” ...

River blindness, or onchocerciasis A parasitic worm called the Onchocerca volvulus causes onchocerciasis. A person can contract the parasite due to repeated bites from infected blackflies.

The Zoological Survey of India (ZSI) has discovered a species of blood-sucking fly that can cause human blindness. “Black" flies, also referred to as “pipsa" or “potu" flies by the locals, are found ...

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.

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