By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Reporter BLINDING, DISFIGURING, and long considered an inescapable burden for millions, river blindness has plagued communities in Niger for generations. Now, the country has made history as the first in Africa to eliminate the disease, a milestone officially confirmed by the World Health Organization (WHO)....
By Joke Kujenya A MAJOR breakthrough in Guinea’s public health landscape has been achieved with the elimination of the gambiense form of human African trypanosomiasis, commonly known as sleeping sickness. The World Health Organization (WHO) confirmed the milestone, marking it as the first neglected tropical disease to be eradicated in the cou...
By Joke Kujenya MALARIA, a disease that once devastated populations in Georgia, has now been declared eradicated from the country. The World Health Organization (WHO) has certified Georgia as malaria-free, making it one of 45 countries and one territory to achieve this status. This milestone underscores decades of sustained investment in heal...
