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# Africa on the verge of winning the fight against Neglected Tropical Diseases
- URL: https://www.alwihdainfo.com/africa-on-the-verge-of-winning-the-fight-against-neglected-tropical-diseases-a57200/
- Published: 2017-08-25T07:19:13.000Z
- Updated: 2026-04-02T14:17:14.000Z
- Author: APO
- Tags: ACTUALITES, #Import 2026-04-02 14:16

For more than 40 years, the World Health Organization (WHO) has worked to control river blindness (onchocerciasis), the second major infectious cause of blindness in Africa. Today, 30 years after a major donation of medication by Merck & Co, a pharmaceutical company, and after 20 years of the success of the African Program for Onchocerciasis \[…\]

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