The Maasa are among Kenya’s pastoralist communities, particularly vulnerable to trachoma. The dusty environment they inhabit ...

Major international eye care and eyewear provider EssilorLuxottica has a clear vision for long-term development in China as the country growing purs ...

Varicose veins are swollen, twisted veins usually in the legs, affecting 1 in 4 Indians with discomfort and pain.

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

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 ...

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 the UK, people living with certain types of dementia, can be prescribed treatments to help manage their symptoms. These are known as symptomatic treatments. They include donepezil (part of a family ...

Two new medications, called lecanemab and donanemab, have shown success in clinical trials in slowing down Alzheimer’s disease. These are known as disease-modifying treatments. One of these, lecanemab ...

Azithromycin is an antibiotic medicine which was originally developed to treat trachoma, an infection caused by the bacterium Chlamydia trachomatis that affects the eyes. Trachoma is the leading ...

Martin Gross, a urologist specializing in male sexual health at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, have shared their insights on ED treatments available today. These medical mavens aren’t just ...

Trachoma’s impact, through blindness and visual impairment, results in an estimated economic loss of $2.9 to 5.3 billion annually due to reduced productivity. Trachoma, a chronic infectious eye ...

You’ve probably given someone the silent treatment once or twice (or maybe even more than that). You know the drill — you and your partner get into a heated argument that ends with hurt feelings and ...