In the dusty deserts of North Africa, the impoverished villages of the Middle East, and the crowded river valleys of the Indus and Ganges in India and the Yellow River in China, children once faced a ...

Trachoma is the leading cause of infectious blindness in the world, with Ethiopia the most impacted country in Africa. In a clinical trial of more than 2,400 individuals, researchers led by Dr. John ...

Australia has become the 30th country in the world to eliminate trachoma as a public health problem, announced the World Health Organization (WHO). Trachoma is the world’s leading infectious cause of ...

The World Health Organization (WHO) has validated Tunisia as having eliminated trachoma as a public health problem. This is a major milestone in the country's public health journey, coming after ...

Australia has officially eliminated trachoma as a public health problem, becoming the 30th country globally to achieve this milestone, according to the World Health Organization. This marks a major ...

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A health worker examines a child for signs of trachoma Joe McNally/Getty Images The government of The Gambia recently announced that the country had eliminated trachoma, a highly contagious eye ...

The World Health Organization (WHO) today announced that Egypt has successfully eliminated trachoma as a public health problem, marking a historic public health milestone for the country and WHO's ...

Nigeria is close to eliminating trachoma as a public health problem, with only 11 Local Government Areas (LGAs) left to achieve elimination, the Director of the National Trachoma Programme at the ...

The eye disease is active in children at the age of one year and resurfaces at older ages, according to eye specialists. [File, Standard] Trachoma remains a neglected tropical disease in Kenya, ...