Rates of infectious eye disease in Indigenous Aussie kids continue to fall
Trachoma prevalence among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander (First Nations) children in at-risk communities continues to ...
WHO validated India to eliminate Trachoma as a public health problem, here's all about this eye disease
India has achieved another major success in the medical field. After eradicating serious diseases like plague, leprosy, and ...
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When medicines don’t work: Eliminating neglected tropical diseases will reduce drug resistance – a win for all
A major health challenge of our time is when drugs no longer work to treat infections. This happens when the agents that ...
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India has eliminated trachoma as a public health problem, reports WHO
India has eliminated trachoma—one of the world’s leading causes of blindness—60 years after the country’s ministry of health first launched control initiatives, the World Health Organization (WHO) has ...
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Promising progress on eye health in African region, but challenges remain
World Health Organization (WHO) in the African Region is recording a decrease in vision loss due to Vitamin A deficiency, onchocerciasis and trachoma, but emerging eye health challenges are rising.
Trachoma explained: The infectious disease that causes blindness and how India eliminated it
WHO has validated India as having eliminated trachoma as a public health problem. Trachoma is the leading infectious cause of ...
What’s Trachoma Eye Disease That Is A Leading Cause Of Blindness, How India Eradicated It? Explained
Trachoma is contagious, and can spread through contact with the eyes, eyelids, nose or throat secretions of infected people.
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WHO Recognizes India for Eliminating Trachoma as Public Health Problem
World Health Organisation (WHO) has declared that the Government of India has eliminated Trachoma as a public health problem ...
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India achieves another milestone by eliminating Trachoma: WHO
India has been recognized for eliminating Trachoma, a bacterial eye infection that can cause irreversible blindness.
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India Has Met the Elimination Targets in the Battle Against Trachoma: WHO
Hyderabad: India has achieved a significant milestone in eliminating trachoma as a public health problem, a development that ...
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India recognised for eliminating Trachoma
India has been recognised by the World Health Organization (WHO) for eliminating trachoma, an eye disease caused by a bacterial infection, as a public health problem, becoming the third country in the ...
Indigenous communities pushing back against eye disease
Children in vulnerable Indigenous communities are less likely to contract a highly infectious eye disease, while more adults ...