For many thousands of West African onchocerciasis is a reality that leaves an unhappy legacy of damaged or destroyed eyesight

Collection:: Images from the History of Medicine (IHM)
Contributor(s):: da Silva, R.C., photographer
Publication:: 1978
Language(s):: English
French
Format:: Still image
Subject(s):: Onchocerciasis, Ocular
Eye Diseases
Blindness
Africa, Western
World Health Organization
Genre(s):: Photograph
Abstract:: Close-up of the face of a man with partial eyesight. Verso: WHO/17797. AFRO. Onchocerciasis. SM 1-1978.
Copyright:: This item may be under copyright protection; contact the copyright owner for permission before re-use.
Copyright Holder:: World Health Organization; World Health Organization website
Extent:: 1 photograph : 18 x 13 cm.
Technique:: black and white
NLM Unique ID:: 101437206 (See catalog record)
NLM Image ID:: A013888
Permanent Link:: http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101437206

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