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 ...

McNamara, embarked on a new path that would become the organization’s first foray into the health sector of developing countries. The Onchocerciasis Control Program (OCP), instituted by the Bank Group ...

For the discovery of fast-acting, highly specific anti-Wolbachia candidates for the oral treatment of human filariasis. Lymphatic filariasis (elephantiasis) and onchocerciasis (river blindness) cause ...