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Senegal joins growing list of countries that have eliminated trachoma
The World Health Organization (WHO) has validated Senegal as having eliminated trachoma as a public health problem. Senegal ...
News-Medical.Net on MSN3d
Senegal becomes ninth African country to eliminate trachoma
The World Health Organization (WHO) has validated Senegal as having eliminated trachoma as a public health problem. Senegal ...
The Punch on MSN3d
WHO hails Senegal’s Trachoma elimination
The World Health Organisation has validated Senegal as having eliminated trachoma as a public health problem. The WHO, which ...
Business Insider Africa on MSN3d
Senegal overcomes a century-old problem
Senegal is now the ninth nation in the World Health Organization's (WHO) African Region to formally eradicate trachoma as a ...
Nigerian Tribune on MSN3d
Trachoma: Senegal becomes 25th world nation to eradicate major health threat
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 ...
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Senegal Eliminates Trachoma: A Major Milestone in Africa’s Public Health Journey
Trachoma, a bacterial eye infection that can lead to blindness if untreated, has plagued Senegalese communities for over a century.
The Guardian Nigeria2d
WHO plans trachoma elimination intervention in Nigeria, 19 others
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has listed Nigeria among the 20 countries in the African region that require trachoma elimination ...
BBC4y
Africa Life Clinic - Trachoma - BBC Sounds
Trachoma. Treating one of the oldest recognised diseases on earth. 9 mins; Africa Life Clinic. Bone setting. ... Senegal has embarked on a campaign to stop the disease in its tracks.
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Trachoma: Ending the infection that scrapes eyes blind | CNN
Trachoma infections have impaired the vision of 1.9 million people globally. This month, Ghana announced it had eliminated the disease. Here’s how.