14 September 2026

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UNIOSUN PhD Student Wins French Award for Research on River Blindness

A doctoral student at Osun State University (UNIOSUN), Oluwadamilare Dauda, has won the Young Scientist Award from the National Veterinary School of Toulouse, France, for his research on blackfly transmission of onchocerciasis (river blindness) in southwestern Nigeria. The French Embassy in Nigeria announced the award on its official social media handle, describing it as a

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Nigerian Wins French Award for Disease Research
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Nigerian Wins French Award for Disease Research

Oluwadamilare Dauda, a final-year PhD student at Osun State University, has won the prestigious Young Scientist Award from the National Veterinary School of Toulouse, France. The award was given in recognition of Dauda’s research on blackfly transmission of river blindness (onchocerciasis) in Southwest Nigeria. His work supports efforts to control the disease in affected communities.

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