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17 Oct 2017
More than a million people examined for trachoma
Dear all, Please find below ICTC social media toolkit for World Sight Day, October 12. This year the coalition has focused communications on trichiasis surgeries and put together a tribute to Emily Gower and Jim Johnson for their contribution to surgical training in an article you can read here. ICTC has also posted a news piece supporting a new campaign calling for avoidable blindness and poor vision to be included in the agenda of next April’s Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in the United Kin
11 Oct 2017
Vision for the Commonwealth: New campaign launched to bring vision to everyone, everywhere
Capturing NNN 2017
10 Oct 2017
Capturing NNN 2017
The Lao People's Democratic Republic and the Kingdom of Cambodia have officially eliminated trachoma, the world's leading infectious cause of blindness, the World Health Organization (WHO) has announced. It is the first time a WHO Western Pacific Region country has been validated for eliminating trachoma as a public health problem and follows strong progress in a global effort to eliminate the disease by the year 2020, which has seen Mexico, Morocco and Oman all receive elimination status. Trachoma is a n
19 Sep 2017
Cambodia and the Lao People’s Democratic Republic officially eliminate trachoma as a public health problem
12 Jul 2017
Record-breaking numbers of surgeries and drug distributions result in trachoma decline
G20 leaders commit to combating international health challenges
11 Jul 2017
G20 leaders commit to combating international health challenges

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Teshome Gebre, Regional Director for Africa, Internation Trachoma Initiative (ITI)
22 Dec 2015
Extraordinary commitments and remarkable partnerships
Teshome Gebre
17 Dec 2015
Ethiopian leaders inspire with empowering messages on WASH for trachoma elimination
Virginia Sarah
Hugh Taylor
16 Dec 2015
What do we actually mean by environmental improvement and facial cleanliness for trachoma elimination?
Professor Hugh Taylor
Professor Hugh Taylor
08 Oct 2015
Keeping up the pressure on trachoma - a perspective from Australia
Professor Hugh Taylor and Emma Stanford
Lisa Rotondo, Chair of the Neglected Tropical Disease NGDO Network (NNN) and ENVISION Project Director at RTI International
04 Sep 2015
How will the new groundbreaking WHO strategy help the world's poorest billion?
Lisa Rotondo
Virginia Sarah, ICTC Chair
03 Sep 2015
Water and NTDs - how can we actually come together to be successful?
Virginia Sarah

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