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28 May 2022
Togo eliminates trachoma as a public health problem
03 Mar 2022
The use of photography and image grading to future-proof trachoma surveys
Dr Ahmed Al Mandhari, WHO regional director for the Eastern Mediterranean. Photo courtesy WHO EMRO
18 Feb 2022
Saudi Arabia eliminates trachoma as a public health problem
30 Jul 2021
Global trachoma program sustains gains in year defined by COVID-19, Weekly Epidemiological Record shows
23 Jul 2021
United Nations General Assembly Resolution commits countries to eye care for the world’s 1.1 billion people with preventable sight loss by 2030
20 Apr 2021
The Gambia validated by WHO for eliminating trachoma as a public health problem

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Blogs

School children at Likwache Primary School, Tanzania
20 Mar 2018
Making gains sustainable: Partnering with WASH to stop the transmission of trachoma
Helen Hamilton, Leah Wohlgemuth, Tim Jesudason
Phil Downs, NTDs Technical Director, Sightsavers
02 Feb 2018
Partnership: The catalyst for neglected tropical disease elimination
Phil Downs
Virginia Sarah, Serge Resnikoff, Isabella Montgomery, Scott McPherson
29 Jan 2018
African Union Summit and African Leaders Malaria Alliance launch new NTD index: Where do we go from here?
Serge Resnikoff, Virginia Sarah, Scott McPherson
Virginia Sarah, ICTC Immediate Past Chair
23 Jan 2018
Achieving Universal Health Coverage – how the global trachoma elimination programme is taking us a step closer
Virginia Sarah
Tim Jesudason, International Coalition for Trachoma Control
05 Dec 2017
Leadership from experience: America takes a front seat to tackle ancient disease
Tim Jesudason
KH Martin Kollmann
28 Nov 2017
Fighting neglected tropical diseases: The case for participation and human rights based approaches
KH Martin Kollmann

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