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Nepal eliminated trachoma as a public health problem
The World Health Organization (WHO) has validated Nepal for having eliminated trachoma as a public health problem. With this, Nepal has become the first country in WHO’s South-East Asia Region to defeat the world’s leading infectious cause of blindness. Trachoma, an eye disease caused by infection with the bacterium Chlamydia trachomatis, is spread through contact ..
Topics: Chlamydia • Chlamydia infections • Chlamydiae • hygiene • Infectious causes of cancer • Infectious diseases • Medical specialties • Medicine • RTT • sanitation • Sexually transmitted diseases and infections • Trachoma
India declared free from trachoma
India has been declared free from infective trachoma, a contagious bacterial infection of the eye common among children. It causes inflamed granulation on the inner surface of the lids. Recently, the Union Health Minister J P Nadda released the National Trachoma Survey Report (2014-17) in New Delhi. The survey results indicate that active Trachoma is ..
Topics: Chlamydia • Chlamydia infections • Chlamydiae • hygiene • Infectious causes of cancer • Infectious diseases • Medical specialties • Medicine • RTT • Sexually transmitted diseases and infections • Trachoma