“I commend Senegal for freeing its population from this disease”, said Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO director-general.“This milestone is yet another sign of the remarkable progress being made ...

The World Health Organisation has validated Senegal as having eliminated trachoma as a public health problem. The WHO, which ...

Senegal has eliminated trachoma as a public health problem, becoming the 25th country in the world—and the ninth in Africa to do so, according to the World Health Organization (WHO).Trachoma is a ...

Trachoma, a bacterial eye infection that can lead to blindness if untreated, has plagued Senegalese communities for over a century.

Senegal is now the ninth nation in the World Health Organization's (WHO) African Region to formally eradicate trachoma as a ...

The World Health Organization (WHO) has officially announced that Burundi has eliminated trachoma as a public health problem, ...

Senegal became the first African team to beat England in a fixture with their 3-1 win on Tuesday night ...

Trachoma, a bacterial eye infection caused by Chlamydia trachomatis, remains the leading infectious cause of blindness ...

The World Health Organization (WHO) has validated Burundi as having eliminated trachoma as a public health problem, making it ...

The Senegal women’s basketball team has had to cancel a training camp it had scheduled in the United States after some members of its squad had their visas denied, the country’s prime minister ...

In communities endemic for trachoma, the ocular Chlamydia infection becomes a chronic disease, with repeated episodes of conjunctival infection and active inflammation in the preschool age children.