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HuffPostNigerian Women With This Disfiguring Disease Face Pain And Isolation
"My husband is not happy about this whole thing."
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Victims Of This Disfiguring Disease 'Feel So Much Pain And Shame'
Nearly half the population of Congo is at risk for elephantiasis, which can produce hugely swollen body parts.
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'They Don't Care About Black People Dying In The Bush'
A disease detective calls out the world's apathy toward forgotten illnesses.
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A Deadly Disease Threatens To Regain Ground Deep In The African Jungle
Congo’s doctors are fighting sleeping sickness with scarce resources and too little support.
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He Volunteered To Help Stop A Blinding Parasite. Then He Lost His Sight.
40 million people in the Congo are at risk of river blindness.
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A Devastating Blinding Disease Is Crippling Communities In Africa, But It’s Easy For The World To Ignore
Some 40 million people in the Congo are at risk.
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How This Woman's Eyelashes Nearly Blinded Her
She would pay neighbors to pull them out, but they always grew back -- straight into her eye.
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The Disease You Don't Notice -- Until A Worm Crawls Across Your Eye
Ten million people have this disease.
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This Woman Lived In A Cave Without Health Care While A Parasite Ate At Her Face
“People who came to visit me would be scared to see me."
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When Getting Health Care Means Hiking Through A Leopard’s Hunting Ground
“The leopards eat fully grown adults ― one ate a man last week."
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Why People With A Treatable Flesh-Eating Disease Don't Want The Cure
“I was injected the very first time and it was so painful, I literally ran away."
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This Woman Survived One Of The Deadliest Snake Attacks
But many snakebite victims in Africa don't get the treatment they need. Here's why.
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He Treated The Very First Ebola Cases 40 Years Ago. Then He Watched The World Forget.
Now he's warning wealthy countries to stop ignoring diseases in Africa -- because no one is safe.
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