Diarabakoko village, Banfora, Cascades Region, Burkina Faso, 5th December 2016; Koubena Karama takes his dose of Ivermectin. This is part of the programme to prevent River Blindness in the region.

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Diarabakoko village, Banfora, Cascades Region, Burkina Faso, 5th December 2016; Koubena Karama takes his dose of Ivermectin with Maidamon Dit Adama Karama, Community Drug Distributor. This is part of the MDA programme using CTDI to prevent River Blindness in the region. River blindness, or onchocerciasis, is a parasitic infection spread by blackflies that live near fast-flowing rivers. It causes severe skin irritation, itching and, eventually, irreversible blindness.

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Location: Cascades Region, Burkina Faso
Photo credit: © Mike Goldwater / Alamy / Afripics
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