News November 2019
06 / 11 / 2019
AHO to halve snake bite and its consequences in Africa by 2030
Each year, 5.4m people are bitten by snakes, with up to 2.7m incapacitated. “Envenoming”, it claims, is “one of the most neglected tropical diseases”.
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06 / 11 / 2019
AHO to tackle vision impairement and blindness in Africa
At least 2.2 billion people have vision impairment or blindness, of which over 1 billion cases could have been prevented or have yet to be addressed.
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06 / 11 / 2019
How one African community is fighting genetically modified mosquitoes
In the summer of 2018, more than 1,000 people marched in the capital Ouagadougou against the use of genetically-modified organisms in the country, including the GM mosquitoes.
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06 / 11 / 2019
AHO plans simple eye care to improve the sight of people in Africa
Operation could have corrected vision of many ‘overnight’, while 800 million struggle because they lack access to glasses,
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