Riverblindness in Africa
Riverblindness (onchocerciasis)--a pervasive neglected disease, transmitted by the blackfly, that causes horrific itching, disfigurement, and loss of vision--is also known as lion's stare in reference…
Specifikacia Riverblindness in Africa
Riverblindness (onchocerciasis)--a pervasive neglected disease, transmitted by the blackfly, that causes horrific itching, disfigurement, and loss of vision--is also known as lion's stare in reference to the fixed, lifeless glare of the eyes blinded by the disease. The disease has destroyed countless lives for generations, particularly in Africa. Its effects are so devastating that the areas where it is most common (large expanses of land around rivers where the fly breeds) end up abandoned as villages move farther and farther away to more arid environments in order to escape the fly-biting, and hence the disease. The disease devastates communities from multiple angles: a large portion of each stricken community's population is disabled, often permanently blind in the prime of life, placing a burden on the rest, and communities' efforts to escape infection force them to move to areas
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