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First African Nation to Eliminate River Blindness Treated Millions With Ivermectin to Achieve Great Success

Among the many bizarrities of the COVID years was the sudden demonization by major media outlets of Ivermectin, one of the most-used medicines on Earth, which just helped Niger to become the first country in Africa to eradicate a debilitating parasitical disease. Onchocerciasis, or river blindness, is spread via the filarial parasite Onchocerca volvulus transmitted […]

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First African Nation to Eliminate River Blindness Treated Millions With Ivermectin to Achieve Great Success

Onchocerciasis, or river blindness, is spread via the filarial parasite Onchocerca volvulus transmitted through blackflies.
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