Onchocerciasis

Overcoming the Odds: Venezuela’s Onchocerciasis Elimination Program

Despite Venezuela’s ongoing economic and humanitarian crisis, the country’s onchocerciasis (river blindness) elimination program continues working effectively in the Amazon rainforest.

The Global Onchocerciasis Network for Elimination (GONE): working together to see onchocerciasis GONE

More than 150 onchocerciasis (river blindness) partners gathered on 1 and 2 November 2023 in Mbour, Senegal, for the first meeting of the new Global Onchocerciasis Elimination Network (GONE) to strengthen collaboration.