Niger’s Minister of Public Health, Population and Social Affairs Garba Hakimi, officially declared at a ceremony on Thursday ...

Since ivermectin is effective against both diseases, and areas targeted for LF MDA were also endemic for onchocerciasis, this intervention also contributed to interrupting the transmission of the ...

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

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 ...

Since ivermectin is effective against both diseases, and areas targeted for LF MDA were also endemic for onchocerciasis, this intervention also contributed to interrupting the transmission of the ...

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 ...