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In 2011, ICTC developed a Trachoma Action Plan (TAP) planning guide to support national health officials in endemic countries. This resource was developed to complement the 2020 INSight roadmap by helping countries create specific national plans detailing how they will reach elimination targets in t... more
Trachoma is an eye infection that for thousands of years caused many people to go blind across all continents. As the result of development and targeted interventions, trachoma is now limited to an estimated 57 countries, often affecting the poorest populations of the world. Today, more than 2 mill... more
Countries, partners, and donors are committed to the global elimination of blinding trachoma by 2020. Achieving this public health milestone requires more than funding; it requires health personnel with the right mix of skills, and well supported and managed health systems. Mass drug administratio... more
A key component of elimination is to reduce the number of unmanaged trachomatous trichiasis cases to less than 1 per 1,000 population in affected areas. This will require not only a large increase in the number of surgeries performed, but also improvements in the quality of surgery and in the e... more
ICTC’s 2022-2030 strategic plan spans the critical period running to the end of 2030, the year by which we are striving to achieve the elimination of trachoma as a public health problem. This strategic plan is in alignment with the NTD road map, Ending the neglect to attain the Sustainable Develop... more
Plan stratégique 2022-2030 de l’ICTC
How to successfully apply for, administer, and manage the Zithromax® donation for trachoma elimination
More and more countries are completing their epidemiological mapping of trachoma in suspected endemic districts and are preparing to distribute Zithromax® in those districts where the prevalence of “trachomatous inflammation – follicular” (TF) is above 5% among children aged 1-9 years. Mass... more
International commitment to eliminate trachoma as a public health problem worldwide is supported by resolution WHA51.11 of the World Health Assembly .1 Important progress towards this goal has been made by harnessing the mostly informal relationships that exist between partners including Member Stat... more
The second edition of the Women and Trachoma: Achieving Gender Equity in the Implementation of SAFE manual provides an updated resource for realistically increasing, improving, and supporting gender representation within trachoma elimination efforts at all levels. From the trachoma workforce to the ... more
Assurer l’égalité des genres dans l’application de la stratégie CHANCE
Water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) are critical in the prevention and care for all of the 17 neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) scheduled for intensified control or elimination by 2020.
Provision of safe water, sanitation and hygiene is one of the five key interventions within the global NTD ... more
SECOND MEETING REPORT DECATUR, GA, USA, 26 JUNE 2016
Twenty-Fourth Annual Trachoma Control Program Review, Summary Proceedings
Trachoma is the world’s leading infectious cause of blindness. It is one of 18 neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) that affect over one billion of the world’s poorest people.

TRACHOMA FACT SHEET

Christoffel Blinden Mission (CBM) Christoffel Blinden Mission (CBM) (2016)
Trachoma is one of the 17 WHO-defined Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) that affect over 1 billion of the world’s poorest and most marginalized people. It is caused by the bacterium chlamydia trachomatis.
PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases September 2014 | Volume 8 | Issue 9 | e3016 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0003016
L'eau potable et les services d'assainissement et d'hygiène (WASH) sont essentiels à la prévention des 17 maladies tropicales négligées (MTN) pour lesquelles une intensification de la lutte ou l'élimination sont prévues à l'horizon 2020.
La fourniture d’eau potable et de services d’... more