The Far North of South Africa, where Elim Hospital is situated, has been known as the
trachoma belt. The disease was the main cause of preventable blindness in the area. In the …

Trachoma is still the most common cause of preventable blindness and loss ofvision in the
world despite decades of research and interventions for its control. According to a recent …

PIP: Trachoma has long been known to be endemic in South Africa, particularly in the arid,
poverty-stricken rural areas of Gazankulu and Lebowa resulting to blinding complications …

A controlled chemotherapy trial of trachoma was carried out in a Tunisian oasis among
schoolchildren with active disease. We compared 1% tetracycline ointment (79 patients) or …

Trachoma is still endemic in the very part of the world from which we have our earliest
recorded description more than 3500 years ago. 1 In fact, the World Health Organization …

Trachoma, currently a leading communicable cause of blindness, has been around since
the days of ancient Egypt. In the 1960s, a public health approach to controlling trachoma …

This is a very interesting and thorough review of the trachoma problem throughout the Union
of South Africa. It is apparently the first time such a survey has been made of all the …

Background Trachoma is a leading cause of blindness in the developing world and is most
prevalent among people who live in poor rural communities in arid locations. Methods We …

In two villages in southern Tunisia where trachoma was endemic 7 per cent and 14 per cent
of adults respectively had visual acuity of 20/400 or less. In both villages active trachoma …

Trachoma is still a major cause of blindness in many developing areas. Trachoma can be
viewed as a community‐based disease, and treatment or intervening strategies must be …