DURHAM, N.C. (WTVD) -- Duke eye surgeon, Dr. Lloyd Williams, is on a mission to cure all blindness in Africa. He's even traveled headlong into areas full of conflict to do it. "One time when we went ...
Rene Le Berre, 78, a French entomologist who helped save millions of Africans from contracting river blindness, a vicious and preventable condition that mostly affects the poor, died Dec. 6 in ...
COLUMBIA, Md., May 15, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- The Foundation Fighting Blindness, the driving force in the global development of treatments and cures for blinding diseases, announces today its ...
Retinopathy of prematurity is an eye condition that affects preterm babies and can cause visual impairment or blindness unless detected and treated during the early stages of the disease. Regular ...
Oct 11, 2005 (KHARTOUM) — Sudan has more than half a million blind people out a total population of 40 million, with the condition causing the country an estimated 1.5 million dollars in economic ...