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WHO Recognises Niger As The First African Country To Eliminate Infectious Parasitic Disease Onchocerciasis
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 a ...
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Niger: WHO Verifies Niger as the First Country in the African Region to Eliminate Onchocerciasis
making it the fifth country globally and the first country in Africa to be acknowledged by WHO for interrupting transmission of the parasite Onchocerca volvulus. Eliminating a disease is a ...
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LA is a modern-day Pompeii and in 50 years could be the world’s first ghost megalopolis
I wondered, before realising how very ironic my reaction was. The LA fires, which are still burning, have now scorched and flattened a populated area more than 12 times the size of that destroyed ...