{"id":24452,"date":"2025-01-31T06:46:01","date_gmt":"2025-01-31T10:46:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sabereswp.saberesafricanos.net\/index.php\/2025\/01\/31\/niger-primer-pais-de-la-region-africana-en-eliminar-la-oncocercosis\/"},"modified":"2025-01-31T06:46:01","modified_gmt":"2025-01-31T10:46:01","slug":"niger-primer-pais-de-la-region-africana-en-eliminar-la-oncocercosis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sabereswp.saberesafricanos.net\/index.php\/2025\/01\/31\/niger-primer-pais-de-la-region-africana-en-eliminar-la-oncocercosis\/","title":{"rendered":"N\u00edger, primer pa\u00eds de la regi\u00f3n africana en eliminar la oncocercosis"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-24451\" src=\"https:\/\/sabereswp.saberesafricanos.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Oncocercosis-79c.jpg\" alt=\"Oncocercosis\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" dir=\"ltr\" style=\"border: 2px solid #ffffff; display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sabereswp.saberesafricanos.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Oncocercosis-79c.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sabereswp.saberesafricanos.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Oncocercosis-79c-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sabereswp.saberesafricanos.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Oncocercosis-79c-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>N\u00edger, primer pa\u00eds de la regi\u00f3n africana en eliminar la oncocercosis<br \/>La Organizaci\u00f3n Mundial de la Salud (OMS) confirm\u00f3 hoy a N\u00edger como el primer pa\u00eds de \u00c1frica en eliminar la oncocercosis, segunda causa infecciosa de ceguera en el mundo, despu\u00e9s del tracoma.<\/p>\n<p>Esta enfermedad provocada por el par\u00e1sito Onchocerca volvulus se transmite a los humanos a trav\u00e9s de las picaduras de moscas negras infecciosas, que se encuentran principalmente en las zonas ribere\u00f1as.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Conocida com\u00fanmente como ceguera de los r\u00edos, afecta principalmente a las poblaciones rurales del \u00c1frica subsahariana y Yemen, con \u00e1reas end\u00e9micas m\u00e1s peque\u00f1as en partes de Am\u00e9rica Latina.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEste \u00e9xito es otro testimonio de los notables avances que hemos logrado contra las enfermedades tropicales desatendidas y ofrece esperanza a otras naciones que a\u00fan luchan contra la oncocercosis, demostrando que la eliminaci\u00f3n es posible\u201d, afirm\u00f3 el doctor Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, director general de la OMS.<\/p>\n<p>La oncocercosis es la segunda enfermedad tropical desatendida eliminada en N\u00edger, pues en 2013 fue certificado libre de transmisi\u00f3n de dracunculosis (enfermedad del gusano de Guinea).<\/p>\n<p>N\u00edger se suma a otros cuatro pa\u00edses que han sido verificados por la OMS por eliminar la oncocercosis, todos en la Regi\u00f3n de las Am\u00e9ricas: Colombia (2013), Ecuador (2014), Guatemala (2016) y M\u00e9xico (2015).<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h5>Fuente: Prensa Latina<\/h5>\n<h5>Publicado por AiSUR<\/h5>\n<h5>Premio nacional de periodismo necesario Anibal Nazoa 2020<\/h5>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>N\u00edger, primer pa\u00eds de la regi\u00f3n africana en eliminar la oncocercosisLa Organizaci\u00f3n Mundial de la Salud (OMS) confirm\u00f3 hoy a N\u00edger como el primer pa\u00eds de \u00c1frica en eliminar la 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