The World Health Organization (WHO) has validated Senegal as having eliminated trachoma as a public health problem. Senegal ...

Senegal is now the ninth nation in the World Health Organization's (WHO) African Region to formally eradicate trachoma as a ...

The World Health Organization (WHO) has validated Senegal as having eliminated trachoma as a public health problem. Senegal ...

The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Friday (11th of July) announced that Burundi had effectively eliminated trachoma as a ...

The World Health Organization (WHO) has validated Burundi as having eliminated trachoma as a public health problem, making it ...

Trachoma, a bacterial eye infection caused by Chlamydia trachomatis, remains the leading infectious cause of blindness ...

Nine countries eliminated a disease in 2024. Here's how Pakistan pulled it off — fulfilling a young boy's dream of eliminating blindness caused by bacterial infections.

Trachoma is a bacterial infection that affects your eyes, and is caused by the bacterium Chlamydia trachomatis. In the latest ...

In communities endemic for trachoma, the ocular Chlamydia infection becomes a chronic disease, with repeated episodes of conjunctival infection and active inflammation in the preschool age children.

Strong public health and community support has helped India to be free from trachoma -- a highly contagious bacterial infection that has been a major cause of preventable blindness worldwide, said ...

In his last episode of Mann Ki Baat, PM Modi has hailed the valour of the Indian Army, which carried out a precise operation in Pakistan under 'Operation Sindoor'.

There are several issues with the use of an antibiotic for trachoma. First, the antibiotics have to be active against Chlamydia. Second, the antibiotics must be safe, particularly for use in ...