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 ...

ast month, Pakistan eliminated the eye disease trachoma as a public health problem. This achievement means around 3.7 million ...

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 ...

BEIJING - Major international eye care and eyewear provider, EssilorLuxottica, has a clear vision for long-term development ...

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 ...

GHIT Fund announces approx. USD 4.0 mn investment in four projects to develop new diagnostics and drugs for NTDs and malaria: Tokyo, Japan Friday, November 8, 2024, 09:00 Hrs [IST ...

2 GHIT's First Investment of Approximately JPY 280 Million (USD 2.0 Million 1) in the Development of a Rapid Diagnostic Test for Trachoma Trachoma, caused by infection of the conjunctiva (upper inner ...

TOKYO, Nov. 7, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- The Global Health Innovative Technology (GHIT) Fund announced today a total investment of approximately JPY 578 million ( USD 4.0 million1) in four projects for the ...