Sand collectors working in a fast-flowing river. This is an ideal breeding site for the black flies that carry the disease river blindness or onchocerciasis.

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Bamenda, Cameroon, July 2013: Sand collectors working in a fast-flowing river. This is an ideal breeding site for the black flies that carry the disease river blindness or onchocerciasis. Because these men are taking Mectizan distributed by Sightsavers once a year they will be protected from catching the disease.

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