Nigerian government initiative to prevent river blindness.(Public health)(Brief article)

From: Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness | Date: March 1, 2008 | Copyright information

The State Ministry of Health of Gombe, which is located in northeastern Nigeria, Africa, in conjunction with Upper Benue River Basin Development Area office and local government, have taken measures to control the area's black flies, whose bite causes onchocerciasis or river blindness, the world's second leading cause of infectious blindness. Insecticides will be sprayed along fiver banks, flowing water, and swampy areas. The state co-coordinator of onchocerciasis control, Talatu D...

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