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Left to right: ICTC Chair Martin Kollmann, Wondu Alemayehu and Michael MacCallan
25 Sep 2014
ICTC MacCallan Medal awarded to Wondu Alemayehu of Ethiopia
21 Jul 2014
ICTC launches significant achievement award
13-year-old Neema washes her face to protect against the blinding disease trachoma
24 Jun 2014
DFID announces £39 million investment to help support the elimination of trachoma
ICTC Chair Martin Kollmann meeting the Queen
14 Nov 2013
The Queen Elizabeth Diamond Jubilee Trust pledges £42.8m to combat blinding trachoma in Commonwealth countries in Africa
06 Nov 2013
ICTC commends ITI and Pfizer for 15 years of working to end blinding trachoma
Screengrab of the Global Trachoma Atlas showing trachoma prevalence in Africa
02 Aug 2012
UK to support surveys in countries where 180 million people at risk of blinding disease

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Photo Credit: Brent Stirton/Getty Images for the International Trachoma Initiative
27 Jan 2022
The road to 2030: How the global trachoma program is driving progress towards elimination
ICTC Executive Group
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

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