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02 Apr 2020

ICTC response to evolving global situation around COVID-19

04 Dec 2019

Caroline Harper, David Mabey, Rebecca Mintrim and Sheila West win awards for work to eliminate trachoma!

09 Oct 2019

World Health Organization launches the World Report on Vision

16 Jul 2019

WHO reports 91% reduction in trachoma prevalence in Weekly Epidemiolocal Record

26 Apr 2019

USAID launches $300m program to tackle neglected tropical diseases in 13 countries

31 Jan 2019

WHO NTD Director launches toolkit to strengthen partnership between WASH and NTD sectors

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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

After health extension workers screen community members for potential candidates for trichiasis surgery, the patients visit the clinic for a thorough assessment. Here, Bujaa Falama has come to the clinic to see if her ocular symptoms are caused by trachoma or another eye condition. Shashamane Zuria Woreda, Oromia Region Photo Credit: Brent Stirton/Getty Images for the International Trachoma Initiative

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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