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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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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
18 Nov 2020
WASH and health working together: Why cross-sectoral collaboration is needed to accelerate and sustain progress for NTDs
ICTC Executive Group
Serge Resnikoff, ICTC Immediate Past Chair
07 Oct 2020
Building back better: Why integrated people centred eye care is needed to achieve vision for all
Serge Resnikoff

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