WHO felicitates India for elimination of trachoma as public health problem

India was on Tuesday felicitated by the World Health Organisation (WHO) for the elimination of trachoma as a public health problem, making it the third country in the region after Nepal and Myanmar to achieve this feat.The WHO also felicitated Bhutan for achieving interim targets for cervical cancer elimination, Maldives and Sri Lanka for Hepatitis B control in children, Timor-Leste for eliminating lymphatic filariasis and six countries for achieving SDG and global targets for reducing under-five mortality and stillbirth rates..