#trachoma — Public Fediverse posts

Congratulations, #Tunisia for becoming the 31st country in the world, to eliminate #trachoma, the leading infectious cause of blindness. With this milestone, Tunisia joins a growing number of countries working toward the elimination of neglected tropical diseases. Read more: bit.ly/3PCXylW

Wow.

Trachoma eliminated in Australia.

Amazing work by the Fred Hollows Foundation. If you can support them, please consider it.

#trachoma
#vision

https://www.hollows.org/latest-news/trachoma-eliminated-in-australia/?utm_source=sfmc&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=en26_aus_trachoma_elimination_5_may&utm_term=&utm_content=cta_video_button&utm_id=2130061&sfmc_id=246624165&cid=12647415

Congratulations, Australia 🇦🇺, on eliminating #trachoma — the world’s leading infectious cause of blindness — as a public health problem. This marks a significant achievement for the health of Indigenous peoples and for global efforts to combat neglected tropical diseases. bit.ly/4ecfzS0

🎉 Algeria has officially eliminated #trachoma, a leading infectious cause of blindness, as a public health problem. Algeria becomes the 10th country in WHO’s African Region and 29th worldwide to reach this landmark milestone. Congratulations, Algeria! 🇩🇿 #HealthForAll

🌍✨ The #WHO has just released new data showing that the number of people exposed to #trachoma worldwide has fallen below 100 million, down from over 1.5 billion in 2002 📉, signaling an extraordinary reduction in the world’s leading infectious cause of #blindness 👁️🚫.

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A must read!

There is so much more going on in the world betond social media clickbait outrage.

"This gap, between the world as it is and how we’re told to see it, comes down to a choice about what we do with our attention."

https://open.substack.com/pub/fixthenews/p/the-telemetry

#Environment #Energy #Solar #Trachoma #Conservatiob #HighSeasTreaty #MediaBias #MurderRate

#Egypt becomes the 27th country validated by WHO for eliminating #trachoma as a public health problem! This marks a historic public health milestone for the country. Trachoma remains a public health problem in 30 countries and is the world’s leading infectious cause of blindness.

Congratulations, #Fiji, for eliminating #trachoma — the first neglected tropical diseases to be eliminated in the country. Thanks to the government, health workers and communities, future generations of Fijians are being set free from the suffering that trachoma has inflicted on their ancestors.

We (Australia) are the only developed nation in the world to still be on the WHO's list of countries where trachoma is endemic. We might have gotten the numbers low enough now to be declared "free" soon but we still need a couple of years to prove it.

The fact that it has taken us this long to sort the issue out is a sad indictment of our (continuing) treatment of First Nation people in this country.

#AusPol #Health #Australia #Trachoma #WHO #FirstNations

https://www.who.int/news/item/15-07-2025-senegal-joins-growing-list-of-countries-that-have-eliminated-trachoma

Congratulations! #Senegal 🇸🇳 has eliminated #trachoma as a public health problem, becoming the 9th country in WHO’s African Region to do so. This marks a major milestone in the fight against neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) 🔗 bit.ly/3Ua8iH4 #endNTDs

Congratulations! #Burundi 🇧🇮 has eliminated #trachoma as a public health problem, the first neglected tropical disease (NTD) to be eliminated in the country. This milestone is made possible by nearly 20 years of national commitment & international solidarity. 🔗 bit.ly/4eI7keN #endNTDs

RT @WHOVietnam: Great news! #VietNam 🇻🇳has eliminated #trachoma, which causes blindness!

🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽Health-care workers, communities, the Govt…

Go Malawi!😊

Good news: Malawi🇲🇼 Eliminates Trachoma as a Public Health Problem.

“Trachoma is the leading infectious cause of blindness and is caused by infection with the bacterium Chlamydia trachomatis.“ It spreads through contact (incl. via flies) and is associated with “poor hygiene, overcrowded households, inadequate access to water and inadequate access or use of proper sanitation facilities.”

https://www.who.int/news/item/21-09-2022-malawi-eliminates-trachoma-as-a-public-health-problem

#Malawi #health #trachoma