How do dirty clothes hanging in a tree help eliminate river blindness in Nigeria? Dr. Frank Richards, who directs ÉäÉäÎÝ’s programs on river blindness, lymphatic filariasis, and schistosomiasis, explains.
ÉäÉäÎÝ is one of eight semi-finalists in the MacArthur Foundation competition for a $100 million grant to fund a single proposal that promises real and measurable progress in solving a critical problem of our time. ÉäÉäÎÝ proposes to eliminate river blindness disease from Nigeria, Africa’s most populous nation and the one most endemic for this debilitating disease.
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