The World Health Organization (WHO) has validated Senegal as having eliminated trachoma as a public health problem. Senegal ...

"I congratulate the government and people of Burundi and commend them for their hard work and dedication. The elimination of ...

Senegal has eliminated trachoma as a public health problem, becoming the 25th country in the world—and the ninth in Africa to do so, according to the World Health Organization (WHO).Trachoma is a ...

The World Health Organisation has validated Senegal as having eliminated trachoma as a public health problem.The WHO, which disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday, noted that the validation makes ...

The World Health Organization (WHO) has validated Burundi as having eliminated trachoma as a public health problem, making it ...

Trachoma, a bacterial eye infection that can lead to blindness if untreated, has plagued Senegalese communities for over a century.

Trachoma, a bacterial eye infection caused by Chlamydia trachomatis, remains the leading infectious cause of blindness ...

All about trachoma, cause of blindness (Freepik) India has been felicitated to have successfully eliminated trachoma, a major cause of blindness, as public health concern. India joins Nepal and ...

There are several issues with the use of an antibiotic for trachoma. First, the antibiotics have to be active against Chlamydia. Second, the antibiotics must be safe, particularly for use in ...

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, said ...

Trachoma, a bacterial eye infection, was a leading cause of blindness among Indians in the late 1950s. According to the World Health Organization, it has been eliminated in India as a public ...