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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
05 Mar 2021
In Memoriam: Remembering Dr. Tebebe Yemane Berhan
01 Feb 2021
World Health Organization launches global road map for NTDs

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Blogs

Dr Agatha Aboe
06 Mar 2020
International Women’s Day 2020: #EachforEqual
30 Jan 2020
Harnessing the power of WASH in the fight against NTDs
Yael Velleman & Gilbert Baayenda
Photo: CBM
11 Dec 2019
Reaching the furthest behind first: Why disability inclusion is essential to achieve universal health coverage and the elimination of trachoma
Zinayida Olshanska, Sofia Abrahamsson, KH Martin Kollmann
Aparna Baura Adams, Project Manager, International Coalition for Trachoma Control
18 Nov 2019
COR-NTDs and ASTMH 2019: Why operational research is critical to achieve the global elimination of trachoma
Aparna Baura Adams
Shelmel Terefa, a school teacher, demonstrates face washing to students at his school in Aware-Golje village in the North Shewa Zone, Oromia, Ethiopia. Photo credit: Michael Amendolia/The Fred Hollows Foundation
15 Nov 2019
Crossing the finish line: Sustaining behavior change for the prevention and elimination of NTDs
Neglected Tropical Disease NGO Network WASH Working Group
Dr Martha Saboya
08 Aug 2019
Achieving equity in the Americas: How PAHO Member States are working to improve indigenous health
Dr Martha Saboya

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