The World Health Organization has recommended repeat mass drug administration as part of their global initiative to eliminate blinding trachoma by the year 2020. The efficacy of repeat treatment ...
Trachoma is listed by the World Health Organization ... About 3,600,000 people are in need of antibiotic treatment in Kenya and Tanzania as the prevalence is at six percent in the two nations ...
Trachoma, eliminated in Europe and North America in the 1950s, thanks to improved hygiene conditions, continues to plague communities in poorer countries, where crowding is common and access to clean ...
In 1963, the government launched the National Trachoma Control Programme that focused on surgical treatment; antibiotic distribution; facial cleanliness to promote hygiene and reduce transmission ...
WHO has validated India as having eliminated trachoma as a public health problem. Trachoma is the leading infectious cause of blindness globally WHO has validated India as having eliminated ...
In 2023, according to WHO, 13,746 people received surgical treatment for advanced trachoma – known as trachomatous trichiasis – and 32.9 people were treated with antibiotics. Community-wide ...