Onchocerciasis is one of a group of infections that can cause severe and lifelong physical impairment for some of the world’s poorest people. In northern Nigeria,Graeme Robertson witnesses a grandfather’s delight as treatment delivered by the NGO Sightsavers ensures his granddaughter will not lose her sight, as he did 30 years ago Simon Shauabi never thought mere fly bites could rob him of his sight, and but he has now been blind for almost three decades.
Shauabi,who lives in the small community of Kudaru in Kaduna state, northern Nigeria, and relies on his grandchildren to supply him with food and with water from the well,but he has never seen what any of them inspect like.
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Source: guardian.co.uk