Trachoma - World Health Organization (WHO)
Mar 4, 2026 · Trachoma is a disease of the eye caused by infection with the bacterium Chlamydia trachomatis. It is a public health problem in 32 countries and is responsible for the blindness or visual …
Trachoma - World Health Organization (WHO)
Nov 12, 2025 · Trachoma is the leading infectious cause of blindness worldwide. It is caused by an obligate intracellular bacterium called Chlamydia trachomatis. The infection is transmitted by direct or …
Trachoma - World Health Organization (WHO)
Jul 29, 2024 · Trachoma is a disease of the eye and the leading infectious cause of blindness worldwide. It is caused by an obligate intracellular bacterium called Chlamydia trachomatis. After years of …
Trachoma - World Health Organization (WHO)
May 19, 2025 · Trachoma is the leading infectious cause of blindness in the world. It is caused by a bacterium called Chlamydia trachomatis. The infection is transmitted through contact with eye and …
Trachoma - World Health Organization (WHO)
Jan 2, 2020 · Trachoma is a disease of the eye and the leading infectious cause of blindness worldwide. It is caused by an obligate intracellular bacterium called Chlamydia trachomatis. Infection is …
Trachoma - World Health Organization (WHO)
Trachoma is a neglected tropical disease, and the leading infectious cause of blindness. Disease results from ocular infection with the bacterium Chlamydia trachomatis, which is spread by direct contact …
Global population requiring interventions against trachoma falls below ...
Jan 6, 2026 · 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 began.
Fiji becomes the 26th country to eliminate trachoma as a public health ...
Oct 20, 2025 · Trachoma is the first NTD to be eliminated in Fiji. Fiji is the 26th country to eliminate trachoma as a public health problem and the 58th country globally to eliminate at least one NTD. …
Senegal joins growing list of countries that have eliminated trachoma
Jul 15, 2025 · WHO has validated Senegal as having eliminated trachoma as a public health problem. Senegal becomes the ninth country in WHO’s African Region to have achieved this feat.
Egypt becomes the seventh country in the Eastern Mediterranean …
Nov 12, 2025 · Trachoma is the second neglected tropical disease (NTD) eliminated in Egypt, as in 2018 the country was validated by WHO for eliminating lymphatic filariasis as a public health problem. In …