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Maria Rebollo Polo

Maria Rebollo Polo

World Health Organization (WHO)
Global Program for Onchocerciasis Elimination and Scabies Control | Lead
Program

Sessions with Maria Rebollo Polo

WORKSHOPWS 10

The Future of Combatting Neglected Tropical Diseases

October, 13.
11:00 - 12:30
Forum 2
Chair/Moderator
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About Maria Rebollo Polo

As Lead of the Global Onchocerciasis Elimination Program at the World Health Organization, Dr Maria Rebollo is helping direct the fight against river blindness. With the announcement that Niger has become the first country in Africa to be verified by WHO as having eliminated the disease, she explained how other countries can follow in Niger’s footsteps.
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