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16 Apr 2018
UK announces £20 million Commonwealth Fund to support trachoma elimination
13 Apr 2018
Leading eye health organisations call on Commonwealth governments to commit to bringing vision to everyone, everywhere
23 Mar 2018
Highlights from World Water Day 2018
09 Mar 2018
Highlights from International Women's Day 2018
13 Dec 2017
Trachoma scores “yellow” in annual Uniting to Combat NTDs scorecard
16 Nov 2017
Sightsavers delivers one-billionth treatment to fight neglected tropical diseases!

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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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