PPT-Onchocerciasis (River Blindness)

River Blindness a parasitic disease is the second leading infectious cause of blindness A Short History 1875 John ONeill first reports the presence of microfilaria in Onchocerciasis patients in Ghana. Looking for the BEST, most competitive pricing for an exciting fishing adventure with an expert guide, quality equipment, and your choice of fishing venue… You’ve found it! Steel Dreams Guide Service offers fishing adventures on a new state of the art 24’ Willie Predator sled, or a peaceful day of drift-fishing through panoramic scenery on a 20’ drift boat. Experience Washington’s premier rivers – the Snake, Columbia or Grande Rondé! Whether your appetite is for salmon, steelhead, small mouth bass or sturgeon – novice or an experienced angler – Steel Dreams is your ultimate guide service. Carmen . Leyva. . Vicki Herrin . Hampton Huddleston. Stephen F. Austin State University. What is Macular Degeneration?. Macular Degeneration is the progressive deterioration of the macula, the light-sensitive cells of the central retina, at the back of the eye. As the macular cells malfunction and die, central vision becomes gray, distorted and is eventually lost. Peripheral vision does not become affected. . . (River Blindness). Amanda Kramer. WHAT IS RIVER BLINDNESS?. A neglected tropical diseased caused by the worm . Onchocerca. volvulus . and carried by . Simulium. . blackflies that can result in skin damage and blindness.. . MARGO . SIEGEL, . MSW. THANK YOU. BACKGROUND. SUMMARY OF TOPICS. INTRODUCTION. ALL PRESENTATIONS ARE SUBJECT TO BIAS AND/OR SELECTIVE PROCESS…THIS PRESENTATION INCLUDED.. NO MATTER HOW MUCH I THINK I KNOW, SOMEONE ALWAYS KNOWS MORE!. KING LEAR. King Lear and sight. Lear begins the play as a man who has always made wise decisions. When he decides to divide his kingdom however, it is his first betrayal his ‘old fond eyes’, which have always previously allowed him to see reality and make appropriate decisions.. Blindess. ”. the world's second leading infectious cause of blindness. Pooja Makam. Prevalence!. 95% of cases occur within 30 African countries!. 17.7 . Million INFECTED!. 40% of cases are in Nigeria!!!. ). Presented by . Ijedinma. . Abanobi. , M.P.H Student. PUBH 6165-3 Environmental Health . Walden University. Instructor: Dr. Patrick . Tschida. . Fall, 2011. Topic Presentation Outline. This presentation is aimed at educating community leaders and the Nigerian government of the impact of . J. ones, Coby Austin, Ellie Stiller, and Deon Robinson. Color Blindness: The history. A reduced ability to distinguish between certain colors.. Color blindness is also called color vision deficiency.. . Presented by:. . Berhane Chiche . . MPH Student . Environmental Health-PUBH 6165 - 5. . Instructor: Dr. . Raymond . Thron. Summer Qtr. 2014. Walden University. . . . . Introduction . Color blindness is more seen in males than females, because the most common form of color vision deficiency is encoded on the X sex chromosome.. “What color is this?”. is the most annoying question you can ask your colorblind friend. EPTEMBER 2018 ��*We appreciate the support of the donors listed here, whose funding was utilized in 2017for the activitiesdescribed in these proceedings. Donors to The Carter Center Riv are blind.An estimated 320,000 of these 15 million are children, accounting for 20% of global child blindness. Yet despite this high prevalence of blindness, about 80% of the blindness in India is cau Date. :. . 2020-11-30. November 2020. Sharan Naribole (Samsung), et al.. Slide . 1. Authors:. Non-STR Blindness Background. Slide . 2. Sharan Naribole (Samsung), et al.. November 2020. When non-STR MLD is transmitting on a link, it may not be able to listen to transmissions on other link and update its NAV . Susan M. . Bashinski. for the Kansas Deaf-Blind Project. WHAT IS DEAF-BLINDNESS?. DEAF-BLINDNESS does NOT imply that an individual sees or hears absolutely nothing. DEAF-BLINDNESS simply means that the individual experiences .