In order to overcome this situation, the GHIT Fund has decided to invest approximately JPY 280 million (USD 2.0 million1) in a project led by US-based non-profit organization Drugs & Diagnostics for ...
In this population, bacterial conjunctivitis is uncommon and trachoma seldom leads to blindness. During the trials and for 6 months thereafter, the children lived in a boarding-school under good ...
This is the first time for the GHIT Fund to support product development targeting trachoma. The project is expected to enable early detection and appropriate treatment for over 100 million people ...
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 ...
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 ...