Bodadiougou village, Banfora, Cascades Region, Burkina Faso, 4th December 2016; Distribution of Ivermectin. Accurate record keeping is essential. This is part of the programme to prevent River Blindness in the region.

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Bodadiougou village, Banfora, Cascades Region, Burkina Faso, 4th December 2016; Distribution of Ivermectin to Godima Siri's household with Community Distributor Soungalo Siri. Accurate record keeping is essential. 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 flies that live near fast-flowing rivers. It causes severe skin irritation, itching and, eventually, irreversible blindness.

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