Recent Blog Posts

View Post: Karen Grepin's Global Health Blog: The onchocerciasis endgame
23 Jul 2009 by Karen Grepin  
Currently the goal of onchocerciasis - or river blindness - control in Africa is to reduce the disease to the point where it is no longer a public health problem. In most of Africa, progress towards this goal is achieved through annual ...
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View Post: Onchocerciasis
17 Oct 2009 by Mlj  
'''River blindness (Onchocerciasis)''' caused by the filarial nematode ''[[Onchocerca volvulus]]'' affects millions of people in West and Central Africa, Central and South America, and Yemen. Many of the dermatological symptoms are ...
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View Post: TropIKA: Feasibility of Onchocerciasis Elimination with Ivermectin ...
21 Jul 2009 by Paul Chinnock  
The first evidence has been published that onchocerciasis can be eliminated using the drug ivermectin. The disease is also called river blindness because the Simulium blackfly that transmits it breeds in rivers; it often blinds people, ...
View Blog: TropIKA Home Feed - http://www.tropika.net/svc/home/home

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View Post: onchocerciasis treatment reduces prevalence and intensity by 38%
20 Aug 2009 by maininternet  
onchocerciasis, river blindness or craw craw is an endemic disease in bioko island, equatorial guinea. this pathology causes a weakening in niminy-piminy individuals, most of them within the contractions force population, ...
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View Post: good news for africa sufferers of onchocerciasis
2 Jul 2009 by Kent Mensah  
victims of onchocerciasis could soon breathe a sigh of relief as a clinical trial begins in three african countries of a drug that could eliminate the disease. the trial takes place in ghana, liberia and dr congo, research and training ...
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