The World Health Organization says studies in Senegal and Mali show it is possible to eliminate river blindness. More than 37 million people are infected with the parasite that causes river blindness. While the disease is endemic in some parts of th...
DEVELOPMENT REPORT – August 5, 2002: River Blindness By Jill Moss This is the VOA Special English Development Report. Doctors in Cameroon have found that giving the drug that fights river blindness...
By Jill Moss Broadcast: October 20, 2003 This is Faith Lapidus with the VOA Special English Development Report. An estimated one-hundred-thirty-five million people have low vision. Forty to forty-five...