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Children from Nuhu Dan-Iya's family pose for a photograph in their families home before being measured to receive their Mectizan treatment to prevent...

The second wife of Muntari Maiwada, Cecilia, works on the families homestead with her chilren after receiving her Mectizan treatment in Kachia, in Kad...

Young boys bath in the river in Kachia, in Kaduna State, Nigeria. ? Kate Holt / eyevine ? Kate Holt / eyevine

Margret Christoba, 70 years old, contracted river blindness many years ago shells ground nuts in her home in her home in Aguna Village, Kachia, in Ka...

Kaduna State, Nigeria. ? Kate Holt / eyevine ? Kate Holt / eyevine

Margret Christoba, 70 years old, contracted river blindness many years ago and is photographed in her home in her home in Aguna Village, Kachia, in K...

A community member holds out their Mectizan Treatment in Kachia, in Kaduna State, Nigeria. ? Kate Holt / eyevine ? Kate Holt / eyevine

Yau Zango, who was made nearly blind after contracting river blidness, can now only farm ginger to sustain his family in the village of Akwando, in Ka...

Kachia, in Kaduna State, Nigeria. ? Kate Holt / eyevine ? Kate Holt / eyevine

Magaji Ango a CDD, stands in a front of a poster that tells people about the need for Mectizan treatment in Kachia, in Kaduna State, Nigeria. ? Kate...

Patience Muntari is measured before being given her Mectizan Treatment in Kachia, in Kaduna State, Nigeria. ? Kate Holt / eyevine ? Kate Holt / eyev...

The second wife of Muntari Maiwada, Cecilia, works on the families homestead with her chilren after receiving her Mectizan treatment in Kachia, in Kad...

Magaji Ango- Blue T-shirt and Maiyaki Tambaya ? Light brown shirt walk from their village to treat household members, in Kachia, in Kaduna State, Nig...

Margret Christoba, 70 years old, contracted river blindness many years ago shells ground nuts with her great Granddaughter Rahab, hos helps her when s...

Kachia, in Kaduna State, Nigeria. ? Kate Holt / eyevine ? Kate Holt / eyevine

Mary Muntari collects water from a stream in which the fly that carries River Blindness breeds in Kachia, in Kaduna State, Nigeria. ? Kate Holt / eye...

Women carry water and head to go fishing near a stream that is infested with black flies that can cause River BLindness in Kachia, in Kaduna State, Ni...

Children of Muntari Maiwada, recieve their Mectizan treatment in Kachia, in Kaduna State, Nigeria. ? Kate Holt / eyevine ? Kate Holt / eyevine

Children of Muntari Maiwada recieve their Mectizan Treatment in Kachia, in Kaduna State, Nigeria. ? Kate Holt / eyevine ? Kate Holt / eyevine

Mary Muntari washes her daughter Patience in the stream in Kachia, in Kaduna State, Nigeria. ? Kate Holt / eyevine ? Kate Holt / eyevine

The second wife of Muntari Maiwada, Cecilia, washes her families clothes in the river, in which the fly that carries river blindness breeds, after rec...

The second wife of Muntari Maiwada, Cecilia, works on the families homestead with her chilren after receiving her Mectizan treatment in Kachia, in Kad...

Maiyaki Tambaya CDD measures meambers of Muntari Maiwada's family before giving them Mectizan Treatment in Kachia, in Kaduna State, Nigeria. ? Kate...

Magaji Ango, a CDD measures members of Muntari Maiwada's family Kachia, in Kaduna State Nigeria on the 18th September, 2009? Kate Holt / eyevine ? K...

The second wife of Muntari Maiwada, Cecilia, works on the families homestead with her chilren after receiving her Mectizan treatment in Kachia, in Kad...

Magaji Ango- Blue T-shirt and Maiyaki Tambaya ? Light brown shirt walk from their village to treat household members, in Kachia, in Kaduna State, Nig...

Magaji Ango, a CDD measures members of Muntari Maiwada's family Kachia, in Kaduna State, Nigeria. ? Kate Holt / eyevine ? Kate Holt / eyevine

A woman attends a community meeting with her child to learn about the dangers of River Blindness in Ungwaku 1, Kajura District, in Kaduna State, Niger...

Halleluiah Daniel, the Granddaughter of Kugiya Kure, does houselhold chores after recieving her Mecitzan treatment at her families home in Ungwaku 1,...

Women dance and sing a song about the dangers of River Blindness at a community meeting in Ungwaku 1, Kajura District, in Kaduna State, Nigeria. ? Ka...

The CDD measures out Mectaizin treatment to give to Kugiya Kure at his home in in Ungwaku 1, Kajura District, in Kaduna State, Nigeria. ? Kate Holt /...

Kugiya Kure who is partially blind since contracting river blindness, and who underwent a rehabilitaion programme for blind people sponsored by Sights...

Halleluiah Daniel, the Granddaughter of Kugiya Kure, does houselhold chores after recieving her Mecitzan treatment at her families home in Ungwaku 1,...

Boys wash their clothes in a river in which the fly that carries River Blindness breeds in Ungwaku 1, Kajura District, in Kaduna State Nigeria. ? Kat...

Boys wash their clothes in a river in which the fly that carries River Blindness breeds in Ungwaku 1, Kajura District, in Kaduna State, Nigeria. ? Ka...

A woman farms rice on her farm in Ungwaku 1, Kajura District, in Kaduna State, Nigeria. ? Kate Holt / eyevine ? Kate Holt / eyevine

An eldlery woman who became blind after contracting River Blindness, but who still takes Mectizan because it helps with the ongoing symptons of the il...

Halleluiah Daniel, the Granddaughter of Kugiya Kure, washed dishes in the river, in which flies that cause River Blindness breed, after recieving her...

An eldlery woman who became blind after contracting River Blindness, but who still takes Mectizan because it helps with the ongoing symptons of the il...

A young girl recieves her Mectizan treatment from a CDD in Ungwaku 1, Kajura District, in Kaduna State, Nigeria. ? Kate Holt / eyevine ? Kate Holt /...

An eldlery woman who became blind after contracting River Blindness, but who still takes Mectizan because it helps with the ongoing symptons of the il...

A young girl carries water from a river that is known to have flies that cause River Blindness in Ungwaku 1, Kajura District, in Kaduna State, Nigeria...

CDD Emmanuel Tsoho measures and elderly woman before she receives her Mectizan treatment in Ungwaku 1, Kajura District, in Kaduna State, Nigeria. ? K...

A young boy poses for a photograph after receiving Mecitzan Treatment for River blindness in Ungwaku 1, Kajura District, in Kaduna State, Nigeria. ?...

A young girl carries water from a river that is known to have flies that cause River Blindness in Ungwaku 1, Kajura District, in Kaduna State, Nigeria...

A health worker holds up a poster to explain to the local community the dangers of River Blindness and the importance of taking the necessary medicine...

Young Children are measured before receiving Mecitzan Treatment for River blindness in Ungwaku 1, Kajura District, in Kaduna State, Nigeria. ? Kate H...

A health worker holds up a poster to explain to the local community the dangers of River Blindness and the importance of taking the necessary medicine...

A health worker holds up a poster to explain to the local community the dangers of River Blindness and the importance of taking the necessary medicine...

Young Children are measured before receiving Mecitzan Treatment for River blindness in Ungwaku 1, Kajura District, in Kaduna State, Nigeria. ? Kate H...