Luanda – At least one million Angolans live in endemic areas are at risk of contracting the onchocerciasis (river blindness) in the country, said Friday in Luanda, the director of the National Programme of Neglected Diseases, Pedro Van-Dunem.





Speaking to the press on the situation of onchocerciasis in the country, Pedro Van-Dúnem said that were identified nine endemic provinces, namely Huila, Bengo, Moxico, Kwanza Norte, Benguela, Kuando Kubango, Lunda Norte and Lunda Sul





According to him, no case of the disease is estimated individually, so the approach is made according to the population at risk in the area where the disease is.





He explained that the main cares to take for the disease involves the disclosure of information about its existence, once identified.