Animals such as mosquitoes and freshwater snails, are the smallest yet most dangerous creatures, capable of killing humans.

Dr Joseph Larbi Opare, has advised Ghanaians to seek immediate medical care whenever they experience any skin condition ...

The prevention and controlling of Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTD) are crucial to ending extreme poverty in the country in the next two decades, the Volta Regional Director of Health, Dr Chrysantus ...

Niger became the first African country to eliminate the parasitic infection onchocerciasis, also known as river blindness, and the fifth worldwide, according to World Health Organisation (WHO).

Ms Badolé suffers from loiasis, a chronic filarial disease caused by the Loa loa parasite, also known as the African eye worm, which can cause a range of uncomfortable symptoms including intense ...

Schistosomiasis is a chronic and debilitating tropical parasitic ... Adult schistosomes: Adult schistosome worms inhabit small veins next to the intestine or the bladder. Schistosome eggs: The worms ...

As the former vice president of The Gambia, I saw firsthand the devastating impact of diseases like schistosomiasis, or snail fever, and intestinal worms. In our rural communities, these ...

Associated with a lack of clean water and poor sanitation and hygiene, and affecting over a billion people in the developing world, preventable conditions such as intestinal worms and bilharzia ...