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17 Oct 2017
Highlights from World Sight Day 2017
17 Oct 2017
More than a million people examined for trachoma
Dear all, Please find below ICTC social media toolkit for World Sight Day, October 12. This year the coalition has focused communications on trichiasis surgeries and put together a tribute to Emily Gower and Jim Johnson for their contribution to surgical training in an article you can read here. ICTC has also posted a news piece supporting a new campaign calling for avoidable blindness and poor vision to be included in the agenda of next April’s Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in the United Kin
11 Oct 2017
Vision for the Commonwealth: New campaign launched to bring vision to everyone, everywhere
Capturing NNN 2017
10 Oct 2017
Capturing NNN 2017
The Lao People's Democratic Republic and the Kingdom of Cambodia have officially eliminated trachoma, the world's leading infectious cause of blindness, the World Health Organization (WHO) has announced. It is the first time a WHO Western Pacific Region country has been validated for eliminating trachoma as a public health problem and follows strong progress in a global effort to eliminate the disease by the year 2020, which has seen Mexico, Morocco and Oman all receive elimination status. Trachoma is a n
19 Sep 2017
Cambodia and the Lao People’s Democratic Republic officially eliminate trachoma as a public health problem
12 Jul 2017
Record-breaking numbers of surgeries and drug distributions result in trachoma decline

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Sharone Backers, Chief of Party for ENVISION in Mozambique
17 May 2016
Progress, challenges and partnerships - fighting trachoma in Mozambique
Sharone Backers
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Stephanie Ogden
Johannes Trimmel, Director - Policy and Advocacy, IAPB
14 Jan 2016
Neglected tropical diseases and the sustainable development goals – what are the opportunities?
Johannes Trimmel
Teshome Gebre, Regional Director for Africa, Internation Trachoma Initiative (ITI)
22 Dec 2015
Extraordinary commitments and remarkable partnerships
Teshome Gebre
17 Dec 2015
Ethiopian leaders inspire with empowering messages on WASH for trachoma elimination
Virginia Sarah
Hugh Taylor
16 Dec 2015
What do we actually mean by environmental improvement and facial cleanliness for trachoma elimination?
Professor Hugh Taylor

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