NTDs: Kogi Treats Over 3.6 Million Persons of ‘River Blindness’ in 3 Years
By Lami Ibrahim No fewer than 3,667,265 persons were treated of River blindness (Onchocerciasis) in three years across the 21 local government areas (LGAs) of Kogi. River blindness is a disease spread by repeated bites from infected black flies, mostly common in remote African villages. The state’s Commissioner for Health, Dr Zakari Usman, disclosed this…