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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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Onchocerciasis, also known as river blindness, is spread by infected blackflies in rural areas along rivers and lakes. Niger is the first African country and fifth worldwide to eliminate the ...

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Niger became the first African country to eliminate the parasitic infection onchocerciasis, also known as river blindness, and the fifth worldwide, according to World Health Organisation (WHO).