Trachoma Current Affairs, GK & News
Gambia eliminates Trachoma
Gambia recently became the second African country to eliminate Trachoma. Trachoma is one of the leading causes of blindness. Ghana became the first African country to eliminate Trachoma in 2018. What is Trachoma? It is a bacterial eye infection that damages the eye lids. It causes the eye lashes to turn inwards. Trachoma is one ..
Month: Current Affairs - April, 2021
Category: International Current Affairs
Topics: Africa • Bacterial Diseases • Bacterial Infection • Gambia • Ghana • Neglected tropical diseases • Trachoma • World Health Organisation
Poonam Khetrapal Singh appointed as WHO regional director for South-East Asia
Dr. Poonam Khetrapal Singh has been appointed the South-East Asia regional director of the World Health Organization (WHO) for a second five-year term. Under her leadership, the Region has made remarkable progress. In her first term, she focused on building an increasingly responsive and accountable WHO in the Region, while prioritizing persisting and emerging epidemiological ..
Topics: Infectious diseases • Lymphatic filariasis • Medical specialties • Medicine • Neglected diseases • Pediatrics • RTT • Trachoma • Tropical diseases • Vaccine-preventable diseases • World Health Organization • Yaws
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
Nepal becomes first country in south-east Asia to eliminate Trachoma: WHO
World Health Organization (WHO) has validated Nepal for having eliminated trachoma, a contagious bacterial infection of the eye. It makes Nepal first country in WHO’s South-East Asia Region to defeat trachoma, world’s leading infectious cause of blindness. The eye disease was second leading cause of preventable blindness in Nepal in 1980s. Its prevalence in Nepal ..
Month: Current Affairs - May, 2018
Topics: Diseases • Nepal • Public health • Trachoma • WHO
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