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Theyab bin Mohamed congratulates Niger on becoming first country in Africa to eliminate river blindness
H.H. Sheikh Theyab bin Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Chairman of the Presidential Court for Development and Fallen ...
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Implications of conflict on vaccination in the Sahel region
The Sahel region is a geographical belt in Africa that stretches from the Atlantic Ocean to the Red Sea, between the Sahara ...
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WHO Verifies Niger as the First Country in the African Region to Eliminate Onchocerciasis
The World Health Organization (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 first African state to eradicate river blindness: WHO
Niger has become the first African country to eliminate river blindness, a parasitic disease that is the second-leading cause of blindness in the world, the WHO said Thursday.
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Nigeria’s new coastal highway runs over communities & biodiversity hotspots
On Apr. 30, 2024, as the sun rose over Lagos, bulldozers rolled in to the Oniru waterfront, a popular leisure hub, where they ...
After a Wave of Coups, 3 African Nations Leave Decades-old Alliance
Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger accused a regional bloc known as ECOWAS of having double standards in punishing their military ...