An international team of researchers has found what might be a cure for river blindness and elephantiasis. In their paper published in the journal Science Translational Medicine, the group describes ...

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Nairobi — The Ministry of Health will from next week embark on a three-day treatment exercise as part of an ongoing campaign to eradicate elephantiasis by 2020, which is in line with the global ...

Chai Kivatsi a father of six from Mbaoni Village, suffering from Lymphatic Filariasis. His legs and hands are swollen. [Beldeen Waliaula, Standard] Katana Chengo, a resident of Mbaoni village, ...

HELSINKI (Reuters) - Finnish scientists hope reindeer living in the Arctic Circle could help find a cure for a disfiguring tropical disease. Researchers have found filarioidea-family maggots -- ...

[DAR ES SALAAM, SciDev.Net] A mass drug campaign targeting a tropical parasitic worm infection in southwest Tanzania produced an unexpected result: a decline in new HIV infections. Researchers say ...