About 18 million people have river blindness worldwide , according to the World Health Organization , but more than 99 % of cases of this disease are found in Africa . Carter Center in Atlanta leading an effort to eliminate river blindness in several countries . The project is called the Global River Vision Initiative and it has been funded by a number of foundations including the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Rockefeller Brothers Fund, Ford Foundation, Open Society Foundations, Uganda has a goal of eliminating the disease by 2020 .
Carter Center in Atlanta leading an effort to eliminate river blindness in several countries . The project is called the Global River Vision Initiative and it has been funded by a number of foundations including the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Rockefeller Brothers Fund, Ford Foundation, Open Society Foundations, Uganda has a goal of eliminating the disease by 2020 .