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WHO validates Malawi for eliminating trachoma, first country in southern Africa

Brazzaville/Lilongwe – World Health Organization (WHO) has…
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WHO validates Malawi for eliminating trachoma, first country in southern Africa

WHO validates Malawi for eliminating trachoma, first country in southern Africa

Brazzaville/Lilongwe – World Health Organization (WHO) has validated…
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Togo eliminates trachoma as a public health problem

Togo eliminates trachoma as a public health problem

Brazzaville/Lomé – Togo has eliminated trachoma, an eye disease…
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The Gambia eliminates trachoma as a public health problem

Banjul/Brazzaville, 20 April 2021 – The Gambia has successfully…
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The Gambia eliminates trachoma as a public health problem

The Gambia eliminates trachoma as a public health problem

Banjul/Brazzaville – The Gambia has successfully eliminated…
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Trachoma causes blindness in poor rural communities.

Establishing the spreading of trachoma in rural Namibia

Trachoma, an infectious eye disease caused by bacterium Chlamydia…
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22ª Reunião da Aliança da OMS para a eliminação do Tracoma no Mundo até o ano 2020 (GET2020)

WHO Alliance for the Global Elimination of Trachoma (GET2020) meets in Maputo

Maputo, 27 June 2019 - More than 180 trachoma specialists from…
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Fusi, an Opthalmic nurse screens communities in Yendi Photo: Ruth McDowall/Sightsavers 2016

Ghana eliminates trachoma, freeing millions from suffering and blindness

13 June 2018 ¦ Brazzaville ¦ Accra ¦ Geneva - The World Health…
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