That was because it kept coming back and infecting communities. According to Dr Vashist, trachoma was one of the major causes ...

Trachoma is a highly contagious bacterial infection that has been a major cause of preventable blindness worldwide ...

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A young woman from Coimbatore died after contracting rabies from her pet puppy who bit her last month. According to officials ...

Trachoma, a bacterial eye infection that causes irreversible permanent blindness - has been eliminated as a public health ...

From being the leading cause of blindness during the 1950s and 1960s, the World Health Organization (WHO) last week declared India “officially free from trachoma”.

The UN commends India for reducing its maternal mortality ratio by 70%, marking a significant achievement in improving ...

Strong public health and community support has helped India to be free from trachoma -- a highly contagious bacterial ...

Once the leading cause of blindness in the 1950s and 1960s, trachoma has now been officially eliminated from India, according ...

In a significant public health achievement, India has been officially declared free from trachoma by the World Health Organization (WHO), said the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare here on ...

WHO Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said, India has eliminated trachoma as a public health problem. This ...

More than two million people have lost their vision, in whole or in part, to trachoma—a preventable infection that is widespread in areas with poor sanitation. Dr. Howard Forman writes that the ...