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

A 171-mile road project in a landlocked country in Africa is set to improve transport connections and provide a much-needed ...

According to the World Health Organization (WHO), which just sent its congratulations, Niger has gone down as the first ...

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

Onchocerciasis, commonly known as river blindness, is parasitic disease, and 2nd-leading infectious cause of blindness ...

Visual impairment, blindness, and severe itching have become exceptionally rare. Niger is now the first country on the continent to eliminate the transmission of the disease, an incredible ...

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.

On 30 January 2025, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced that Niger has been verified for eliminating the transmission of onchocerciasis, commonly ...

Niger has become the first African country to eliminate river blindness, a parasitic disease that is the second-leading cause of ...

Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger accused a regional bloc known as ECOWAS of having double standards in punishing their military ...