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

Niger has ordered the International Committee of the Red Cross to cease operations and for its foreign staff to leave the ...

Niger has ordered the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) to cease operations, and for its foreign staff to leave ...

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

The economic benefits of eliminating river blindness in Niger are estimated at $2.3 billion, with 17.8 billion additional ...

Niger has "terminated its agreements" with the ICRC and some foreign staff have started to leave the West African country.

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

The World Health Organization (WHO) on Thursday verified that Niger has met the criteria for eliminating transmission of a parasite that causes blindness, making it the fifth country globally and ...

Millions of people will no longer suffer from the ... and severe itching have become exceptionally rare. Niger is now the first country on the continent to eliminate the transmission of the ...

"Niger's success ends this burden for its people. It also positions Niger as a model for the elimination of neglected tropical diseases in Africa. The country previously demonstrated its ...