Why it's proving hard to eliminate the eye disease trachoma by 2020: Trachoma can lead to blindness if left untreated. Alaine Kathryn Knipes/CDCTrachoma is a disease that can cause blindness and visual impairment in about 1.9 million people every year. Poor communities in rural areas of countries in Africa, Central and South America, Asia, Australia and the Middle East are most … [Read more...] about Why it’s proving hard to eliminate the eye disease trachoma by 2020 | The Conversation
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The Queen Elizabeth Diamond Jubilee Trust to eliminate blinding Trachoma in Zambia by 2019
APO News from Africa: The Queen Elizabeth Diamond Jubilee Trust to eliminate blinding Trachoma in Zambia by 2019: The Queen Elizabeth Diamond Jubilee Trust, Director of Advocacy and Commonwealth Engagement Eleanor Fuller OBE has revealed that the Trust has decided to fund its activities to target the elimination of blinding Trachoma in Zambia by 2019. In an interview … [Read more...] about The Queen Elizabeth Diamond Jubilee Trust to eliminate blinding Trachoma in Zambia by 2019
Morocco eliminates trachoma – the leading infectious cause of blindness
Morocco eliminates trachoma – the leading infectious cause of blindness: Today, the World Health Organization (WHO) acknowledged the elimination of trachoma as a public health problem1 in Morocco. Trachoma is the leading infectious cause of blindness worldwide. Transmitted through contact with eye and nose discharge of infected people, particularly young children, it … [Read more...] about Morocco eliminates trachoma – the leading infectious cause of blindness
