The World Health Organisation has declared that India has eliminated trachoma as a public health issue. Here is all you need to know about the bacterial eye infection. Published: October 9, 2024 12:55 PM IST By India has been felicitated to have successfully eliminated trachoma, a major cause of blindness, as public health concern.
India joins Nepal and Myanmar in the WHO South-East Asia Region and 19 other countries globally that have previously achieved this feat.“India’s elimination of trachoma as a public health problem is a testimony to the country’s commitment to alleviating the suffering that millions have faced from this debilitating disease,” said Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO Director-General. “WHO has worked closely with India to realize this achievement, and we congratulate the government, health workers and partners who have collaborated to make it possible.
” Excellent news: has eliminated , a debilitating disease which previously afflicted millions in 🇮🇳. Congratulations to health workers, communities, the government and partners who collaborated to make it possible. — Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus (@DrTedros) What is trachoma? Trachoma, a leading cause of infectious blindness, is a chlamydial infection that happens due to lack of hygiene and unclean water supply and can spread by contact with the eye, nose or throat secretions of a person suffering from the disease or indirectly via flies.
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