Trachomatous trichiasis, a potentially blinding condition where inward-turned eyelashes scratch the front of the eye, can successfully be treated by either of the two most common types of eyelid ...

India eliminates trachoma as a public health problem, joining Nepal and Myanmar, thanks to strong leadership and ...

The achievement marked a significant public health victory and had profound economic implications. Trachoma’s impact, through ...

Munazza Gillani, Pakistan and Middle East director for Sightsavers, a UK-based charity that works to treat and prevent ...

India has finally joined Nepal and Myanmar in the WHO South-East Asia Region along with 19 other countries that have defeated ...

The World Health Organization in its latest report has said that at least 2.2 billion people worldwide have vision impairment ...

Objective About 90% of eye health problems are preventable or curable with existing cost-effective interventions. There is ...

This milestone comes after years of dedicated efforts by the government to protect the vision of millions, emphasising the ...

Sep. 30, 2024 — It has been estimated that nearly 300 million people, or about 4% of the global population, are afflicted by some form of depression. But detecting it can be difficult ...

Figure 2 provides a birds-eye view of the current and future trends in the management of severe OSD. Current management may not completely restore the functions and structure of the ocular surface ...

She said all of them worked with partners to ensure effective surveillance, diagnosis, and management of active trachoma, provision of surgical services for trichiasis, and promotion of water ...

That was because it kept coming back and infecting communities. According to Dr Vashist, trachoma was one of the major causes ...