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24 Apr 2017
Mexico eliminates trachoma, leading infectious cause of blindness
NTD Summit flyer
16 Apr 2017
Trachoma highlights from 2017 NTD Summit, Geneva
16 Apr 2017
UK doubles funding to fight tropical diseases
08 Dec 2016
NNN calls for urgent and comprehensive action on NTDs, introducing BEST Framework
Rising to the challenge of ending poverty: The Bilateral Development Review 2016 cover
02 Dec 2016
ICTC welcomes UK aid commitments prioritising health to leave no one behind
Photo credit: International Trachoma Initiative
16 Nov 2016
It’s official! Morocco closes the final mile to eliminate trachoma

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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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