The Kaduna State Government in collaboration with Sightsavers, an NGO, on Friday inaugurated the mass administration of drugs against river blindness in Makarfi, Local Government Areas (LGA) of the state.
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The Anambra State Government in partnership with Carter Centre said it successfully eliminated two Neglected Tropical Diseases – River Blindness and Elephantiasis, through mass drug administration and vector control programmes.
The Plateau state government says it is one of the two states in Nigeria that has eliminated Onchocerciasis, known as River Blindness and Lymphatic Filariasis, also known as Elephantiasis.
By Justina Auta Sightsavers Nigeria, an international NGO says Kaduna, Plateau and Nasarawa states recorded no new cases of river…
By Justina Auta The Public Health Department of the Federal Capital Territory Authority (FCTA) has commenced its annual house-to-house treatment…
The Programme Manager, National Onchocerciasis Elimination Programme at the Federal Ministry of Health, Mr Michael Igbe says about 50 million…