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This toolkit for integrated vector management (IVM) is designed to help national and regional programme managers coordinate across sectors to design and run large IVM programmes. The toolkit provid ... more
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
This report is one of the first major products of the newly established Precision Public Health Metrics unit of the UCN cluster of the WHO Regional Office for Africa. The report presents national trends in communicable and non-communicable disease burden and control in the WHO African region. It tra ... more
Trichiasis is when the eyelashes turn inward towards the eye and scratch the eye. All the lashes may turn in and rub, or it may be just a few eyelashes. The person with trichiasis usually feels pain ... more
Wiping out Trachoma from Nepal – How Nepal eliminated trachoma as a public health problem WHO - 2018
Trachoma is a bacterial eye infection found in poor, isolated communities lacking basic hygiene, clean water, and adequate sanitation.
Twenty-Fourth Annual Trachoma Control Program Review, Summary Proceedings
En 1998, la Cinquante-et-Unième Assemblée mondiale de la Santé a adopté la résolution WHA51.11 qui vise l’élimination mondiale du trachome en tant que problème de santé publique à l’horizon 2020 (1). La stratégie recommandée pour atteindre cet objectif est récapitulée dans le sig ... more
Cureus 2024 Jan 16;16(1):e52358. doi: 10.7759/cureus.52358

TRACHOMA FACT SHEET

Christoffel Blinden Mission (CBM) Christoffel Blinden Mission (CBM) (2016)
Trachoma is the leading infectious cause of blindness worldwide. In April 2023, it was a public health problem in approximately 40 countries, with an estimated 116 million people at risk and 1.5 million people affected by the late blinding stage o ... more
LEAVING NO-ONE BEHIND | “A Journey to End NTDs – Elimination and Care” records what we have achieved over the last year and where we are now. It presents our plan of action for the coming years, bringing our ‘traditional’ NTD work together ... more
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 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.
Lancet Glob Health 2022; 10: e491–500
The Best Buys for Disease Elimination is a practical, evidence-based guide to the most effective actions for countries to implement in order to eli ... more
The road map sets global targets and milestones to prevent, control, eliminate or eradicate 20 diseases and disease groups as well as cross-cutting targets aligned with the Sustainable Development Goals. Three foundational pillars will support globa ... more
This document sets out, therefore, to explain the socioeconomic value of investing in the fight against NTDs and highlights priorities for global investment attention. Our work was guided by the need not only for additional funding and funders but ... more