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Amazonian Research Center (SA-CAICET)
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Onchocerciasis control in Amazonian indigenous territories
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Latest: Brazil exceeds WHO target for onchocerciasis treatment in Yanomami territory
Efforts to combat onchocerciasis, or “river blindness,” are underway in the Amazonian border regions of Venezuela and Brazil. In Venezuela, the Ministry of Health has deployed medical teams to 14 indigenous communities