"How does he know what's going on? He was there for two weeks and he's an expert in USAID? Give me a break," said former USAID Administrator Andrew Natsios.

USAID aims to assist countries recovering from disaster and contributes a significant proportion of the world's aid budget.

Despite its proven benefits, deworming remains underfunded and under-prioritized in Kenya. This is ironic because it is one ...

These parasitic worms get transmitted via contact with contaminated soil ... and Strongyloides stercoralis infections among school-aged children in the African nations Ethiopia, Kenya, and Mozambique.

Working with partners Biobest and Queens University Belfast, the Sustainable Control of Parasites in Sheep (SCOPS) group is exploring a method that could provide farmers and their vets and advisers ...

The World Health Organization (WHO) congratulates Niger for having met the criteria for onchocerciasis elimination, making it ...

Niger is the first African country and fifth in the world to eliminate onchocerciasis, also known as 'river blindness', a ...

Salomon Kosoma, a fisherman and farmer in the north-west of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, is also a community mobilizer with a strong commitment to the prevention and control of Guinea-worm ...

Niger has become the first African country to eliminate river blindness, a parasitic disease that is the second-leading cause of ...

Ms Badolé suffers from loiasis, a chronic filarial disease caused by the Loa loa parasite, also known as the African eye worm ...

Exceptional World Bank Group-African Development Bank Collaboration to Connect 300 million People to Electricity by 2030 Dar es Salaam Energy Summit to Chart Pathways for Energy Transformation ...

Ian Cameron discusses SA’s Crime Intelligence scandals, police corruption, oversight challenges, and strategies to combat ...