Trachoma and other neglected tropical diseases
At the African Union Summit in Ethiopia this week [10-11 February], African leaders will be addressing the progress made to fight neglected tropical diseases (NTDs)...
Tag: trachoma
Global fund to eliminate trachoma
A new global fund has been set up to help finally eliminate one of the most devastating causes of blindness. The blinding eye disease trachoma...
Ghana eliminates trachoma
Ghana has made history by becoming the first country in sub-Saharan Africa to eliminate trachoma – the world’s leading cause of infectious blindness. In 2000,...
Eliminating the vicious eye disease, trachoma
We could be just years away from eliminating trachoma, one of the world’s oldest diseases, says Dr Caroline Harper CBE, CEO of Sightsavers. 'Last week I...
