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Countries certified as onchocerciasis-free in the Americas

2016

 

 

 

 

 

WHO verifies that Guatemala is the fourth country in the world to eliminate transmission of 'river blindness'

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2015

 

 

 

 

 

WHO verifies Mexico free of onchocerciasis

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2014

 

 

 

 

 

PAHO and The Carter Center congratulate Ecuador as second in the Americas to achieve elimination of onchocerciasis

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2013

 

 

 

 

 

Colombia, First Country in the Americas to Eliminate River Blindness

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