Trachoma is the leading cause of infectious blindness in the world, with Ethiopia the most impacted country in Africa. In a ...
John Kempen, MD, MPH, PhD, MHS, Director of Epidemiology for Ophthalmology at Mass Eye and Ear and Harvard Medical School, is ...
John Kempen, MD, MPH, PhD, MHS , Director of Epidemiology for Ophthalmology at Mass Eye and Ear and Harvard Medical School, is the lead author of a ...
Press Release - The number of people requiring interventions against trachoma, the world's leading infectious cause of blindness, has fallen below 100 million for the first time since global records ...
The eye disease is active in children at the age of one year and resurfaces at older ages, according to eye specialists. [File, Standard] Trachoma remains a neglected tropical disease in Kenya, ...
The world moved closer to eliminating trachoma this month after the World Health Organization (WHO) confirmed India and Pakistan as being free of the disease, a leading cause of blindness. Trachoma is ...
ADDIS ABABA, April 21 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Gambia has eliminated trachoma, one of the leading causes of blindness worldwide, the government has announced, after almost four decades of work ...