The Carter Center works with national ministries of health in Latin America and Africa to eliminate river blindness, one of the leading causes of preventable blindness worldwide.
The program works in the following countries:
Brazil | Ethiopia | Nigeria | Sudan | Uganda | Venezuela
Learn more about the River Blindness Elimination Program's previous work in the following countries:
Cameroon | Colombia (eliminated 2013) | Ecuador (eliminated 2014) | Guatemala (eliminated 2016) | Mexico (eliminated 2015)