Blinding trachoma, one of the oldest known infectious eye diseases, may be facing its end.
Formerly the world's leading cause of preventable blindness, trachoma has brought physical …

Tackling trachoma is a complex challenge. In order to implement all four components of the
SAFE strategy on a national level (surgery for trichiasis, antibiotics, facial cleanliness and …

Purpose Trachoma, a chronic conjunctivitis that can result in vision loss from trichiasis, is
targeted for global elimination by 2020. Several milestones in the long process towards …

Trachoma has been known since pre-Pharaonic times and this infectious cause of blindness
is targeted by the World Health Organization (WHO) for elimination by 2020. During the 19th …

Once the leading cause of blindness worldwide, trachoma now appears to be disappearing
in many developing countries. This is true even in areas without specific trachoma control …

Trachoma is an infectious eye disease that causes a characteristic roughening of the inner
surface of the eyelids and can lead to blindness. It is among the oldest diseases known to …

Ten years after the Community Eye Health Journal first devoted an entire issue to trachoma
(Vol. 7, Issue 14), and five years since its last trachoma-focused edition (Vol. 12, Issue 32) …

The year 2020 is the target date for the elimination of blinding trachoma as a public health
problem. There has been great progress, and there is unprecedented funding available …

Trachoma is the leading cause of preventable blindness worldwide. 1 Although it
disappeared long ago from Western Europe and the United States, trachoma is still as …

Trachoma was once the leading cause of blindness, endemic in nearly every country of the
world. 1 As recently as the 1990s, trachoma still ranked second only to cataract as a cause …