urinary schistosomiasis / AND TRACHOMA Donald R. Hopkins / common tropical parasitic disease / active infections / trachoma / reduced anemia / river blindness / main diseases / cirrhosis / SCHISTOSOMIASIS / vitamin A deficiency / skin produce intense itching / integrated disease / Human schistosomiasis / S. mansoni infections / ONCHOCERCIASIS / effectively suppressed infection / diarrhea / repeated infections / sometimes called river blindness / bloody diarrhea / parasitic intestinal infections / blindness / chronic bacterial infection / specific diseases / lymphedema / disease / kidney disease / eye infections / malaria / DRACUNCULIASIS / elephantiasis / respiratory infections / active trachoma / control onchocerciasis / fever / lymphatic filariasis / secondary bacterial infection / Onchocerca volvulus / trachoma program / heart failure / diseases / bilharziasis / each disease / Tropical Diseases / Guinea worm disease / infection / largest trachoma project / blinding trachoma / /
MedicalTreatment
surgery / surgeries / /
Organization
Carter Center for the Dracunculiasis Eradication Program / World Health Organization / Conrad N. Hilton Foundation / Centers for Disease Control and Prevention / International Association of Lions Clubs / New York Academy of Sciences / United Nations / Lions Clubs International Foundation / /
Person
Donald R. Hopkins / Frank O. Richards / Jr. / Paul Emerson / Ernesto Ruiz-Tiben / P. Craig Withers / Jr. / / /
Position
Vice President / /
Product
Zithromax / azithromycin / vitamin A / drinking water / Mectizan / hands / fresh water / cloths / flies / water sources / water / /
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