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A woman receives medication to treat river blindness from community volunteer.

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The funding pledge is a huge step towards eliminating the diseases.

When river blindness arrived in Abena's community, it left her dependent on her family. She's never seen her grandchildren. You can help break the cycle.

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Since 1991, Sightsavers been helping Mali’s ministry of health to treat and prevent this blinding disease. Now the country is on track to banish it for good.

Mamodu, from Ghana, relied on a nearby river to survive. But the blackflies that thrive by the river carried a terrible disease that robbed him of his sight.

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The partnership will test innovative ways to collect and analyse the flies that spread the disease.

A woman records survey information on a mobile phone app while two survey participant look on.

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A selection of Sightsavers river blindness photographs featured as part of the Coalition for Operational Research on Neglected Tropical Diseases (COR-NTD) conference.

A man and a woman stand outside before beginning surveys for the Onchocerciaisis Elimination Mapping project.

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Meet Clécio and Silvia, who are helping to track the prevalence of river blindness in their country.

A dam in the Cascades region, Burkina Faso.

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Sightsavers is working towards the elimination of trachoma and river blindness in Burkina Faso, thanks to our partnership with L’Occitane Foundation.

A large group of people stand with their awards for tackling river blindness in Nigeria.

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The Nigerian ministry of health presented the award for Sightsavers' work to treat the disease in Kaduna State.

Boulders in a river beneath a canopy of trees.

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The disease has been banished from key areas of Nigeria where it was once endemic, bringing it one step closer to being eliminated.

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33 search results found for River blindness

Expanding the Reaching the Last Mile Fund: a game-changer for river blindness and lymphatic filariasis

Abena’s story: “I hope river blindness will not affect my child or my grandchildren”

The last mile: paving the way to eliminating river blindness in Mali

River Blindness Charity

Sightsavers and GLIDE pioneer new ways to fight river blindness

Photos from Sightsavers river blindness projects feature at prominent research event

Mapping river blindness in Mozambique

Treating river blindness in Burkina Faso

Sightsavers wins award for its work to eliminate river blindness in Nigeria

Nigerian hotspot declared free from river blindness

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