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

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 ...

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

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 ...

Trachoma prevalence among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander (First Nations) children in at-risk communities continues to ...

The World Health Organisation has declared that India has eliminated trachoma as a public health issue. Here is all you need ...

India has eliminated trachoma as a public health problem, according to the World Health Organisation (WHO), becoming the third country in the South-East Asia Re ...

India is recognized by WHO for eradicating trachoma, making it the third regional country to do so. Other regional nations were awarded for healthcare advancements, including cervical cancer, ...

The World Health Organization on Tuesday felicitated India for eliminating trachoma -- a bacterial eye infection that can ...

PM Shehbaz on Tuesday stressed the urgent need to eradicate polio and hepatitis in the country through sustained efforts ...