WHO verifies Niger as the first country in the African Region to eliminate onchocerciasis

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Source: Daniel J. Drew

Niger has met the criteria for onchocerciasis elimination, 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.

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