Trachoma, a chronic conjunctivitis caused by Chlamydia trachomatis, is the leading infectious cause of blindness worldwide. In recognition of this public health problem, the World Health Assembly has ...

Nigeria has moved closer to eliminating trachoma, the world’s leading infectious cause of blindness, with only 11 local government areas (LGAs) yet to reach elimination status, according to the ...

Caused by repeated infections with the bacterium Chlamydia trachomatis, trachoma is the world's leading infectious cause of blindness. It primarily affects ...

Northern Territory artist Lena Campbell watched her late grandmother go blind from the impacts of trachoma — now she is trying to stop the next generation from going down the same path. She lives in ...

In the dusty deserts of North Africa, the impoverished villages of the Middle East, and the crowded river valleys of the Indus and Ganges in India and the Yellow River in China, children once faced a ...

Trachoma, a chronic bacterial keratoconjunctivitis, has always been inextricably linked with poverty. It would not even be mentioned in the curricula of many U.S. medical schools today if not for its ...

The World Health Organization (WHO) has validated Tunisia as having eliminated trachoma as a public health problem. This is a ...

Q: Which specialist should I consult for symptoms of trachoma? A: You need to consult an eye specialist (ophthalmologist). In communities where there is no access to specialist care, a general ...

Trachoma is an infection of the eyes by Chlamydia trachomatis and is the leading cause of preventable blindness. Although the control over trachoma is very well in developed nations, in overcrowded ...

Nigeria is close to eliminating trachoma as a public health problem, with only 11 Local Government Areas (LGAs) left to achieve elimination, the Director of the National Trachoma Programme at the ...

Expert Rev Anti Infect Ther. 2012;10(1):75-83. The WHO has developed a simplified grading scheme which is used to report the prevalence of active trachoma and the sequelae in the population. [17] If ...