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Campbell River Blind Curling Club gets ready to host BC Provincial Championships
16 Dec 2025 02:49 GMT
… , December 15, 2025
The Campbell River Blind Curling Club is getting ready …
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Ending human bait practices in river blindness monitoring
14 Nov 2025 00:57 GMT
… the blackflies that spread river blindness (onchocerciasis). The study by … -term protection from river blindness."
River blindness is caused by … onchocerciasis-associated epilepsy.
There is no vaccine or preventative medicine for river blindness …
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BC Blind Curling Championship highlights sport, community in Campbell River
16 Dec 2025 22:07 GMT
… the first time.
The Campbell River Blind Curling Team will welcome teams … Bruce Laurie of the Campbell River Blind Curling Team told CHEK News …
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First African Nation to Eliminate River Blindness Treated Millions With Ivermectin to Achieve Great Success
21 Oct 2025 18:39 GMT
… eradicate a debilitating parasitical disease.
Onchocerciasis, or river blindness, is spread via the … first African country to eradicate onchocerciasis, which they achieved through 4decades …
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Oluwadamilare Dauda Wins Prestigious French Science Award for Research on River Blindness
06 Aug 2025 10:06 GMT
… on the blackfly transmission of river blindness (onchocerciasis) in South-West Nigeria.
The …
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Lakes State begins River blindness, Elephantiasis vaccination campaign
19 Jul 2025 14:49 GMT
… eliminating three debilitating parasitic diseases; onchocerciasis (river blindness), lymphatic filariasis (elephantiasis), and bilharzia … of all three different diseases; onchocerciasis, elephantiasis and bilharzia which necessitate …
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Lakes State launches mass vaccination campaign for river blindness
19 Jul 2025 10:03 GMT
The campaign to treat Onchocerciasis (or river blindness), an eye and skin disease … -door campaign for Onchocerciasis (river blindness).
The campaign to treat Onchocerciasis (or river blindness), an eye …
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Lakes State launches drive to vaccinate over 1 million against river blindness, elephantiasis
18 Jul 2025 15:04 GMT
… tropical diseases like onchocerciasis (also known as river blindness) and lymphatic … counties, giving out medicine for river blindness and elephantiasis,” said Taban. … “They will receive drugs for river blindness, elephantiasis, and bilharzia.”
Taban …
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NIMR upbeat on ending river blindness in endemic states
03 Jul 2025 14:56 GMT
… is inching closer to eliminating river blindness as transmission has been … drug administration using ivermectin.
River blindness is transmitted through the bites … river blindness. He noted that while science has clearly established that onchocerciasis …
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AI-Driven Breakthrough In River Blindness Treatment
20 Jun 2025 12:08 GMT
… River Blindness: Machine Learning and Molecular Docking for Drug Repurposing Against Onchocerciasis”.
Understanding River Blindness
River Blindness … properties and potential efficacy against River Blindness.
Current Stage and Future Directions …