Tag: trachoma

Togo has eliminated trachoma, an eye disease that can cause permanent blindness, as a public health problem. The West African nation becomes the fourth country on the continent to be validated ...

Even though the number of people at risk of trachoma which is the world’s leading infectious cause of blindness, has reduced by 91% from 1.5 billion in 2002 to just ...

Ghana has become the first country in Africa to eliminate trachoma, according to WHO. On Wednesday, the organization congratulated Ghana for having eliminated trachoma as a public health problem, two ...