Niger became the first African country to eliminate the parasitic infection onchocerciasis, also known as river blindness, and the fifth worldwide, according to World Health Organisation (WHO).

The 171-mile road will link the city of N'guigmi with Koulele and Django, and is part of a strategy to improve the road ...

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

Niger’s ruling military junta says that an ambush by a “group of criminals” killed at least 10 Nigerien soldiers near the country’s border with Burkina Faso ...

Niger became the first African country to eliminate the parasitic infection onchocerciasis — also known as river blindness — and the fifth worldwide, according to WHO.

Why the waste of precious lives of INNOCENT young men and women who's only offense is that the are protecting their country who don't value their sacrifice, all because of criminals who are not doing ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - Spring-like weather returns to the region and will be in full force next week. Sunday morning will be chilly with patchy fog possible. Otherwise, expect a mainly sunny ...

With this landmark achievement, Niger became the first country in Africa to eradicate this disease, which had particularly impacted populations living near certain waterways. On the same day, the ...

By eliminating river blindness, Niger has created an estimated USD$2.3 billion in economic benefits. The country added more than 17.8 billion working hours as families with river blindness-infected ...

THE World Health Organisation (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 ...

Niger becomes the first country in Africa to eradicate this disease, which had particularly impacted populations living near certain waterways. On the same day, the World Health Organisation (WHO) ...