Dr Joseph Oye explains to footballer Benoit Assou-Ekotto, how river blindness is spread by a fly near fast-flowing rivers.

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Bamenda, Cameroon, July 2013: Dr Joseph Oye, Sightsavers Country Director, Sightsavers Cameroon Country Office explains to Benoit Assou-Ekotto, who plays for Tottenham Hotspur and Cameroon football teams, how river blindness or onchocerciasis is carried by a black fly that breeds in fast-flowing rivers.

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Location: Bamenda, Cameroon
Photo credit: © Mike Goldwater / Alamy / Afripics
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