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

For more information view our media page and republishing guidelines. The full article is available here as HTML. [NEW DELHI] The world moved closer to eliminating trachoma this month after the World ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Strong public health and community support has helped India to be free from trachoma -- a highly contagious bacterial infection that has been a major cause of preventable blindness worldwide ...

Once the leading cause of blindness in the 1950s and 1960s, trachoma has now been officially eliminated from India, according to a recent declaration by the World Health Organization (WHO). The ...

Earlier this month, India became the third country in the Southeast Asian region, to successfully eliminate trachoma, an eye disease caused by a bacterial infection, as a public health problem.

Trachoma, caused by infection of the conjunctiva (upper inner eyelid) by the bacterium Chlamydia trachomatis, is a neglected tropical disease (NTD) prevalent primarily in areas with poor sanitation.

In a significant public health achievement, India has been officially declared free from trachoma by the World Health Organization (WHO), said the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare here on ...