River Blindness

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River blindness is among the preventable diseases

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River Blindness

Statue of child leading a blind elder

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Aside from being a leading cause of blindness people suffering from River Blindness experience severe and continuous itching due to the presence of nodules that develop under the skin

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River Blindness Treatment Onchocerciasis river blindness or craw craw is an endemic disease in Bioko Island Equatorial Guinea This pathology causes a weakening in affected individuals most of them within the

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By 2000 Sightsavers had carried out three million cataract operations

As the new millennium got underway Sightsavers had completed three million cataract operations 50 million Mectizan® treatments for river blindness and treatment of more than 12 million people for potentially blinding conditions

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Sightless among miracles statue

quot Sightless among miracles quot statue to commemorate the <a href= http www cartercenter org health river blindness index html >Carter Center s River Blindness program< a> at the <a href= http www cartercenter org health river blindness index html >Carter Presidential Library amp Museum< a>

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Sightless among miracles statue

Closeup of quot Sightless among miracles quot statue to commemorate the <a href= http www cartercenter org health river blindness index html >Carter Center s River Blindness program< a> at the <a href= http www cartercenter org health river blindness index html >Carter Presidential Library amp Museum< a>

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View across the lake

View across the Faith Miyabi Wilson Lake on the grounds at the <a href= http www jimmycarterlibrary org >Carter Library amp Museum< a> in Atlanta Georgia The statue in the background quot Sightless among miracles quot commemorates the <a href= http www cartercenter org health river blindness index html >Carter Center s River Blindness program< a>

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A Ugandan man s height is measured as a means of estimating his weight so that an accurate dosage of Mectizan can be administered to combat river blindness

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Sightless Among Miracles

The bronze sculpture depicts a blind African elderly being guided by a young boy It was donated by by John and Rebecca Moores and represents the center s work to end river blindness Onchocerciasis disease cause by the parasite Onchocerca volvulus

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View across the lake

View across the Faith Miyabi Wilson Lake on the grounds at the <a href= http www jimmycarterlibrary org >Carter Library amp Museum< a> in Atlanta Georgia The statue in the background quot Sightless among miracles quot commemorates the <a href= http www cartercenter org health river blindness index html >Carter Center s River Blindness program< a>

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River blindness breakthrough River blindness cannot currently be fully treated

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fear of almost inevitable blindness All it takes to stop river blindness in its tracks is an annual dose of Mectizan® taken for 10 15 years Although the Mectizan® is donated free of charge by Merck Co it costs an average of 50 cents to get one sight saving dose into the hands of

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