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

The world moved closer to eliminating trachoma this month after the World Health Organization (WHO) confirmed India and ...

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

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

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

In 2010, the All-India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) sent its team to Nicobar islands to cross-check the prevalence ...

Trachoma is a highly contagious bacterial infection that has been a major cause of preventable blindness worldwide ...

[30–32] ProKera was inserted in one eye with a descemetocele to avoid PK as the patient had poor systemic health and in another eye to delay PK by promoting epithelialization and preventing ...

The programme offer all school-going children in Botswana eye health screening, assessment and treatments ... Her Royal Highness spent the day with people who have benefitted from transformative ...

Finding an easy-to-apply daytime eye cream can be tricky. A good one will have a lightweight gel texture that sinks into the skin and wears well under makeup, a hydration factor to counteract ...

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Symptoms include itching and irritation of the eyes and eyelids, discharge from the eyes, eye pain, light sensitivity and blurred vision. According to WHO, in advanced stages, this scarring leads to a ...