Nearly 200 million people are at risk of infection. It is estimated that approximately twenty million people are currently infected, including more than a million with vision loss. River blindness is overwhelmingly a disease of sub-Saharan Africa and is endemic in 31 countries. It is there to commemorate the global fight against river blindness, or onchocerciasis, a debilitating and neglected tropical disease caused by a worm and transmitted by the bite of the blackfly, which breeds in fast-flowing rivers. Immediately opposite the main entrance of the World Health Organisation (WHO) headquarters in Geneva is a statue of an African boy leading his blind father with a stick. Two Australians successfully navigated the incredibly complex web of international drug development to better fight the scourge of river blindness. Ros Byrne on Sally Lloyd: the essence of community development.Heather-lee Ollington on Sally Lloyd: the essence of community development.
Michelle Halse on Sally Lloyd: the essence of community development.
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