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25 Jul 2016
WHO-led Tropical Data initiative launches
23 Jun 2016
On track to achieving global elimination of trachoma by 2020
01 Jun 2016
The Power of Global Partnerships Driving Towards 2020
Some of the areas mapped under the Global Trachoma Mapping Project
10 Feb 2016
Global disease mapping identifies 100 million people living at risk of blindness from trachoma
Dr Caroline Harper, Sightsavers CEO
14 Jan 2016
Congratulations to Sightsavers CEO Caroline Harper on her Honour as a Commander of the British Empire
Antibiotic distribution in Tanzania. Credit: International Trachoma Initiative
16 Nov 2015
Trachoma partners celebrate exceptional progress

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Blogs

Girija Sankar, Head of NTDs, CBM International
02 Dec 2021
Achieving equity: Why inclusive, participatory and human rights-based approaches are needed to #beatNTDs
Girija Sankar
12 Oct 2021
Why the end is in sight for trachoma – the world’s leading infectious cause of blindness: World Sight Day 2021
ICTC Executive Group
06 Aug 2021
Empowering Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities and working across sectors to eliminate trachoma from Australia
“Clean Face: Healthy Eyes!” A young girl in Amhara, Ethiopia washes her face with soap and water, because facial cleanliness is key to fighting trachoma. With support from the Lions/Carter Center Sight First Initiative, the Amhara Regional Health and Education Bureaus have implemented a state-wide school-based health education program, teaching the next generation how to prevent trachoma. Photographer: Kenya Casey
21 Mar 2021
Water is invaluable: A health perspective from the global program to eliminate trachoma
A woman has her eyes checked for trachoma in a refugee camp in Ethiopia. Photo credit: RTI International/Yonas Getachew
05 Mar 2021
Choose to challenge: How data driven approaches to health can challenge gender roles and achieve gender equity and equality
Lubushi Health Center in the Kasama district, Zambia. Photo: Sumon Ray/International Trachoma Initiative.
11 Dec 2020
Health for all: A snapshot of how the global trachoma program is contributing to universal health coverage
ICTC Executive Group

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