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Infection37
  • Understanding the reasons for the excess risk for and consequences of trachoma in girls and women requires examining a number of issues: Are girls and women more biologically susceptible to the consequences of infection with C. trachomatis ? (cdc.gov)
  • The manifestations of trachoma vary depending upon the number of episodes of infection, severity, and the persistence of infection. (cdc.gov)
  • Trachoma causes more vision loss and blindness than any other infection in the world. (cdc.gov)
  • The SAFE strategy [PDF - 56 pages] combines surgery to correct trichiasis (S), antibiotics to clear infection (A), and prevention measures to keep the disease from spreading (F, & E). (cdc.gov)
  • It is the second-most common cause of blindness due to infection, after trachoma. (wikipedia.org)
  • Female case finders are vital when it comes to tackling the spread of trachoma, the world's number one cause of blindness by infection. (sightsavers.org)
  • This combines surgery, antibiotics, facial cleanliness and environmental improvements to stop the spread of infection. (sightsavers.org)
  • dness due to infection, after trachoma. (parrot.org)
  • Trachoma is a neglected tropical eye disease that mainly affects children, with infection less common with increasing age. (who.int)
  • The Gambia's success in eliminating trachoma is largely attributed to strong collaboration with partner organizations to implement the WHO-developed SAFE strategy, which entails surgery for trichiasis (in-turned eyelashes), antibiotics to clear infection, and facial cleanliness and environmental improvement (particularly increased access to water and sanitation) to decrease transmission. (who.int)
  • Trachoma is a devastating eye disease caused by infection with the bacterium Chlamydia trachomatis . (who.int)
  • The infection spreads from person to person through contaminated fingers, fomites and flies that came into contact with discharge from the eyes and nose of an infected person. (who.int)
  • If the fight against trachoma is stopped too early, the infection can re-emerge and spread again," explains Dr Babar Qureshi, Director of Inclusive Eye Health at CBM. (cbm.org)
  • However, there were still about 1 million people with active trachoma infection. (cbm.org)
  • The government's trachoma and prevention of blindness program, supported by CBM, promoted the full WHO endorsed SAFE strategy with treatment of active infection by antibiotics to entire eligible communities, surgery for advanced disease (trichiasis) to prevent visual impairment and access to good hygiene infrastructure, clean water and sanitation to reduce transmission and sustain success. (cbm.org)
  • Today, trachoma is still known to be a problem in 46 countries (2 currently under review for elimination) around the world and 1.9 million people are visually impaired or blind due to the infection. (cbm.org)
  • Ophthalmia neonatorum is caused by C. trachomatis subtypes D through K. Ophthalmia neonatorum is a less severe infection than adult conjunctivitis (trachoma), but if not treated early it can cause superficial keratitis, otitis, and pneumonia in the neonate. (aafp.org)
  • Moreover, he outlined the tasks accomplished as regards controlling the spread of malaria infection, and as a result no loss of human life has been witnessed due to such disease. (shabait.com)
  • The World Health Organization (WHO) recommends the SAFE strategy for trachoma control: Surgery for trichiasis, Antibiotics to clear infection, Facial cleanliness, and Environmental improvement to reduce transmission. (who.int)
  • The primary treatment for active trachoma infection is the antibiotic azithromycin, which is effective in clearing the infection. (who.int)
  • In the early stages of trachoma, treatment with antibiotics alone may be enough to eliminate the infection. (vivu.tv)
  • Trachoma (truh-KOH-muh) is a bacterial infection that affects your eyes. (vivu.tv)
  • Pink eye is a very contagious eye infection often spread among children in day care centers, classrooms and similar environments. (medipakpharma.com)
  • While uncommon in the United States, the eye infection known as trachoma is so widespread in some underdeveloped regions that it's a leading cause of blindness. (medipakpharma.com)
  • Flies can spread the infection in certain environments, and reinfection is a common problem. (medipakpharma.com)
  • Trachoma is water borne infection spread due to lack of adequate water supply and sanitation. (biblewaymag.com)
  • Trachoma is a contagious bacterial infection of the eye, leading to inflammation and scarring of the inner surface of the eyelids. (antibioticsforsale.com)
  • Trachoma is caused by infection with the bacterium Chlamydia trachomatis, and is spread through personal contact (such as through hands, clothes or bedding), and by flies that have been in contact with discharge from the eyes or nose of an infected person, according to the WHO. (voaafrica.com)
  • Trachoma is a contagious infection of the eye caused by bacteria. (deadlyvibe.com.au)
  • Keeping the face and hands clean with frequent washing can stop the infection from spreading to others. (deadlyvibe.com.au)
  • Egyptian mummies showed evidence of trachoma infection one to two centuries before the common era. (aao.org)
  • Recently, I visited the village of Lopeduru-Adengei, in Karamoja region in northeastern Uganda, where WaterAid is starting work to support communities to improve their access to safe WASH. I witnessed how gender-specific household tasks place women at increased risk of trachoma infection. (trachomacoalition.org)
  • As trachoma progresses in a woman's eyes, her children, of whom she is usually the main caregiver, tend to catch the infection. (trachomacoalition.org)
  • C trachomatis infection causes other diseases as well, including conjunctivitis, pneumonia or pneumonitis, afebrile pneumonia syndrome (in infants born vaginally to infected mothers), Fitz-Hugh-Curtis syndrome, and trachoma (the world's leading cause of acquired blindness). (medscape.com)
  • C pneumoniae infection is spread via respiratory droplets and causes pharyngitis, bronchitis, and pneumonia. (medscape.com)
  • C psittaci infection is spread by bird droppings and aerosols and causes psittacosis. (medscape.com)
  • In up to 40% of untreated women, infection can spread into the uterus or fallopian tubes and cause pelvic inflammatory disease. (cdc.gov)
Antibiotics12
  • Antibiotics (A). Pfizer donates the antibiotic Zithromax™ to trachoma programs, and the International Trachoma Initiative manages distribution. (cdc.gov)
  • Antibiotics are given annually to entire districts affected by trachoma. (cdc.gov)
  • The World Health Organization (WHO) and their partners endorse the surgery, antibiotics, facial cleanliness, and environmental improvement (SAFE) strategy for trachoma control. (medscape.com)
  • However, improvements in the socioeco- cates antibiotics for active trachoma treat- nomic situation, although visible, have not ment. (who.int)
  • The number of people that required treatment with antibiotics for trachoma in the region fell by 72 million from 189 million in 2014 to 117 million in 2020. (who.int)
  • Thousands of people living in remote corners of war-torn Yemen have for the first time received antibiotics to treat trachoma, the world's leading infectious cause of blindness. (hollows.org)
  • In Kenya , these community health workers distribute antibiotics to prevent trachoma. (hollows.org)
  • Doctors often give antibiotics to entire neighborhoods where there are many people with trachoma. (msdmanuals.com)
  • Good hygiene and the availability of medical treatment like oral antibiotics are essential to controlling trachoma. (medipakpharma.com)
  • Yes, trachoma is curable with appropriate treatment, usually antibiotics. (antibioticsforsale.com)
  • Trachoma is usually treated with antibiotics, and in some cases, surgery may be necessary to correct complications. (antibioticsforsale.com)
  • Trachoma can be treated quickly and easily with antibiotics. (deadlyvibe.com.au)
Sanitation12
  • Chlamydia trachomatis infections spread in areas that lack access to safely managed drinking water and sanitation systems. (cdc.gov)
  • Poor sanitation, crowded living conditions, and insufficient clean water and toilets can also increase the spread of trachoma. (medscape.com)
  • Thus 50 households with 1 member treated for active trachoma in the last 6 months were evaluated for active trachoma and for water and sanitation facilities. (who.int)
  • Environmental risk factors for trachoma transmission include poor hygiene, overcrowded households, inadequate access to water as well as access and use of proper sanitation facilities. (who.int)
  • The country's first mass drug administration to protect people from blinding trachoma is a rare moment of positive news in Yemen, a country which has been ravaged by several years of civil war and where many face an inadequate water supply and poor sanitation - conditions that help trachoma thrive. (hollows.org)
  • In Malawi, we are working with the Government and non-governmental partners to promote hygiene and sanitation to communities to eliminate blinding trachoma . (wateraid.org)
  • Trachoma is preventable through good hygiene practices and access to clean water and sanitation. (antibioticsforsale.com)
  • Around 2.4 billion people use unimproved sanitation facilities that can pollute water and spread disease. (unwomen.org)
  • Trachoma is associated with poor socio-economic conditions - places where safe water is scarce, and personal hygiene and environmental sanitation are poor. (trachomacoalition.org)
  • In places with poor sanitation, where faeces are in the open environment, these flies are more likely to breed and so to spread the disease. (trachomacoalition.org)
  • Eliminating trachoma requires improved access to safe water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH), and inclusive, community-based interventions that deliberately reach out to women and girls with health promotion. (trachomacoalition.org)
  • In addition to this, diseases such as Guinea Worm Disease, Buruli Ulcer, Trachoma, and schistosomiasis spread from lack of proper hygiene and sanitation practices in the house. (strategymrc.com)
Chlamydia6
Eliminate12
  • Malawi has become the first country in southern Africa to eliminate the infectious eye disease trachoma, as confirmed by the World Health Organization. (sightsavers.org)
  • From 2014 to 2020, the Trachoma Initiative programme, supported by The Queen Elizabeth Diamond Jubilee Trust, worked to eliminate the disease by working with Malawi's Ministry of Health and partners to implement the WHO-endorsed SAFE strategy . (sightsavers.org)
  • ABSTRACT Oman aims to eliminate blinding trachoma by 2010. (who.int)
  • Myanmar has become the latest country to eliminate trachoma - the world's leading infectious cause of preventable blindness - after validation results were announced by the World Health Organization (WHO) earlier this month. (cbm.org)
  • The World Health Organization has endorsed the implementation of the SAFE Strategy, which is a combination of activities designed to eliminate blinding trachoma. (cehjournal.org)
  • We know if we are going to eliminate trachoma we cannot leave communities in areas of conflict and crisis behind. (hollows.org)
  • Trachoma is a target of global health initiatives aiming to eliminate it as a public health problem. (who.int)
  • Malawi has become the first country in southern Africa to eliminate trachoma, an eye disease responsible for blinding or visually impairing nearly two million people worldwide, a global charity said Thursday. (voaafrica.com)
  • Malawi is now ranked fifth in Africa after Ghana, Morocco, The Gambia and Togo to 'eliminate trachoma as a public health problem', Sightsavers, an NGO helping to put an end to avoidable blindness, said in a statement. (voaafrica.com)
  • James Kiyimba of WaterAid Uganda looks at the gender perspective of the disease, and WaterAid's role in the race to eliminate trachoma by 2020. (trachomacoalition.org)
  • Trachoma-endemic countries, including Uganda, have committed to eliminate trachoma by a 2020 target set by WHO, through accelerating the implementation of WHO's 'SAFE' strategy. (trachomacoalition.org)
  • It cannot be business as usual if we want to accelerate efforts and eliminate trachoma by 2020. (trachomacoalition.org)
Live in trachoma-endemic areas3
  • Based on March 2019 data, 142 million people live in trachoma endemic areas and are at risk of trachoma blindness. (vivu.tv)
  • Some 136 million people live in trachoma-endemic areas and are at risk. (voaafrica.com)
  • According to the World Health Organization (WHO), trachoma is responsible for the visual impairment of about 1.9 million people, and more than 200 million people live in trachoma-endemic areas. (trachomacoalition.org)
Lived in trachoma-endemic areas1
Control trachoma2
  • 4. Identify behaviors that would help control trachoma in this population. (cartercenter.org)
  • Affected communities can also help control trachoma by separating animal living quarters from human living space. (cdc.gov)
Lead to blindness2
Lymphatic filariasis2
  • Today, the nonprofit has its sights on eliminating six diseases: Guinea worm, river blindness, trachoma, schistosomiasis and lymphatic filariasis, as well as malaria on the island of Hispaniola. (spokesman.com)
  • He pointed out that as of now, Bauchi State has onchocerciasis in 12 LGAs, lymphatic filariasis in 11 LGAs, schistosomiasis in 16 LGAs, trachoma in 2 LGAs, but noted that Guinea worm has already been eradicated in Nigeria. (bentelevision.com)
Endemic countries4
  • The Pfizer donation of Zithromax was momentous in trachoma control, and The Carter Center was pleased to go to scale in trachoma endemic countries to get the medicine into the villages and demonstrate the world could end blinding trachoma," President Carter said during a celebration with partners, nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) and Pfizer employees. (cartercenter.org)
  • Figure 1 gives an example of the changes in disease and its sequelae in trachoma-endemic countries. (cdc.gov)
  • Of the 45 endemic countries for trachoma worldwide, 29 are on the African continent. (who.int)
  • Implemented concurrently and successfully, the four components of the SAFE Strategy provide endemic countries with the tools needed to achieve trachoma elimination. (cehjournal.org)
World Health Organ3
  • Banjul/ Brazzaville, 20 April 2021 - The Gambia has successfully eliminated trachoma as a public health problem, becoming the third African country to be validated by the World Health Organization (WHO) as having eliminated the disease as a public health threat. (who.int)
  • Snail fever has spread in a lot of poor areas in Africa because of migrations and population movements, but the World Health Organization has worked to spread awareness and treat infections. (borgenproject.org)
  • The activity was the result of global collaboration between the Yemen Ministry of Health, World Health Organization (WHO) and International Coalition of Trachoma Control members Sightsavers, The Fred Hollows Foundation, the International Trachoma Initiative and CBM. (hollows.org)
Elimination9
  • Sightsavers began working in Malawi in the 1950s and helped to launch the Malawi Trachoma Elimination Programme in 2014. (sightsavers.org)
  • This success in eliminating trachoma - the world's leading cause of infectious blindness - coming so soon after our country celebrated the elimination of elephantiasis in 2020, shows the fight against NTDs can be won. (sightsavers.org)
  • A 2018-2019 survey on trachoma trichiasis (an advanced stage) in The Gambia found that the prevalence of the disease among people aged 15 and above ranged from 0% to 0.02%, beating the threshold required for the elimination of trachoma as a public health problem. (who.int)
  • I congratulate the Gambian health workers for the hard work that resulted in the elimination of trachoma as a public health threat in The Gambia. (who.int)
  • In 1996, WHO launched the WHO Alliance for the Global Elimination of Trachoma by the year 2020 (GET2020). (who.int)
  • Since its inception, the PNLC has made significant progress towards the goal of eliminating trachoma as a cause of blindness by 2015, ahead of the global elimination date of 2020. (cehjournal.org)
  • With support from a multitude of partners, the PNLC has become a leader in trachoma elimination across sub-Saharan Africa. (cehjournal.org)
  • Although we have a strategy for trachoma management and elimination, it has not yet been enough. (trachomacoalition.org)
  • While the SAFE strategy is good for trachoma management and elimination, if implemented from a gender perspective, it can be even more effective. (trachomacoalition.org)
Corneal1
  • The leading causes of chronic blindness include cataract, glaucoma, age-related macular degeneration, corneal opacities, diabetic retinopathy, trachoma, and eye conditions in children (e.g. caused by vitamin A deficiency). (who.int)
Conjunctivitis1
Contagious5
  • Trachoma is contagious in its early stages and may be transmitted by eye-hand contact, by flies, or by sharing contaminated articles, such as towels, handkerchiefs, and eye makeup. (msdmanuals.com)
  • Because trachoma is contagious, reinfection commonly occurs. (msdmanuals.com)
  • Trachoma is contagious, spreading through contact with the eyes, eyelids, and nose or throat secretions of infected people. (vivu.tv)
  • Is trachoma contagious? (antibioticsforsale.com)
  • Trachoma is highly contagious as the bacteria can be easily spread through direct or indirect contact. (antibioticsforsale.com)
Infections5
  • The species C trachomatis causes trachoma and also genital infections (serovars D-K) and lymphogranuloma venereum (serovars L1-L3). (medscape.com)
  • Although trachoma is an important manifestation of chlamydial eye infections internationally, with 6 million cases of blindness worldwide every year, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports that blindness due to trachoma has been eliminated in the United States. (aafp.org)
  • Guinea Worm Disease and Trachoma are severe infections spread through contaminated water. (blessworldfoundation.com)
  • As a result, the medicines become ineffective and infections persist in the body, increasing the risk of spread to others. (who.int)
  • Models suggest that an individual requires more than 150 lifetime infections to develop the blinding complications of trachoma. (who.int)
World's leading cause of pre3
  • Trachoma is the world's leading cause of preventable blindness of infectious origin 1. (vivu.tv)
  • Trachoma is an ancient disease of poverty and the world's leading cause of preventable and treatable blindness. (robertsemeniuk.com)
  • The former is characterized by worms emerging from the body through blisters on the skin while Trachoma is the world's leading cause of preventable blindness, affecting up to 41 million people. (blessworldfoundation.com)
Trichiasis2
  • approximately 80-85 million people now have active trachoma, approximately 8 million have trichiasis, and 3 million are blind. (cdc.gov)
  • The scarring distorts the upper tarsal plate and, in some individuals, leads to entropion and trichiasis (cicatricial trachoma). (medscape.com)
Diseases8
  • With a disease that disproportionately affects women, having other women on the frontline ensures that people are not left behind in the fight against diseases like trachoma. (sightsavers.org)
  • Trachoma, one of the world's oldest diseases, is an infectious condition spread by flies and human touch. (hollows.org)
  • Without access to these essential services, people are at high risk of diseases such as cholera and numerous Neglected Tropical Disease's (NTDs) such as blinding trachoma. (wateraid.org)
  • Diseases transmitted through water, hands, soil, and food contaminated by human feces spread because water sources are not protected. (wateraid.org)
  • These diseases not only survive and spread in conditions of poverty but also anchor large populations in poverty. (eisai.com)
  • Dislocation and dispossession are major co-factors in the spread of AIDS, and many other diseases. (robertsemeniuk.com)
  • 1 These diseases not only survive and spread in conditions of poverty but are also a cause of poverty in many countries and regions. (prnewswire.com)
  • A recent survey, conducted by Professor Hugh Taylor, a leading ophthalmologist (a doctor who specialises in eye diseases) from the University of Melbourne's Centre for Eye Research Australia, shows that effectively no progress has been made in eradicating trachoma in Indigenous communities. (deadlyvibe.com.au)
Known as trachoma1
  • Chlamydial eye involvement, known as trachoma, is endemic in many parts of the world and is a major cause of blindness. (aafp.org)
Burden of trachoma1
  • Mali, a land-locked country with 16.8 million people in West Africa, has historically been a country with a heavy burden of trachoma. (cehjournal.org)
Fight against trachoma1
Prevention of trachoma2
  • The Center, in partnership with the Ethiopia Federal Ministry of Health, local communities, and others including Pfizer and Lions Clubs International Foundation, will celebrate the milestone during MalTra week, an intense effort for widespread treatment and prevention of trachoma and treatment of malaria. (cartercenter.org)
  • Prevention of trachoma-related blindness requires a number of interventions. (medscape.com)
Transmission of trachoma2
Infects4
  • Facial cleanliness (F) . Since trachoma is spread through close personal contact, it typically infects children and their caretakers. (cdc.gov)
  • Trachoma usually infects the inner eyelid, which starts to scar. (medipakpharma.com)
  • I have recently read a medical article about an eye disease called "Trachoma", a disease that infects the conjunctiva and retina of the eye. (lessonsoftheday.com)
  • Trachoma typically infects is a common or an unusual. (czlowiekroku.com)
Bacterium1
  • The bacterium is usually spread through sexual activity. (medscape.com)
Preventable blindness2
  • Trachoma is often referred to as the leading cause of preventable blindness in the world. (cdc.gov)
  • Trachoma is the most common cause of preventable blindness, damaging the lives of millions of the world's poorest people, and disproportionately affecting women. (trachomacoalition.org)
Prevent trachoma1
  • Noting that mother and child mortality rate has dramatically dropped in the region, Dr. Tesfalem explained that effective health service was provided in all sub-zones, and that a campaign would be launched to prevent trachoma which is causing blindness. (shabait.com)
Disease trachoma3
  • On Nov. 5, former U.S. President Jimmy Carter joined Pfizer Inc. CEO Ian Read at Pfizer headquarters in New York City to celebrate major progress in the global campaign against the blinding disease trachoma as the Center prepares to distribute its 100 millionth dose of Zithromax ® , a Pfizer-donated antibiotic used to treat the disease. (cartercenter.org)
  • Cornelia Bryce Pinchot visited Iran in 1949 and returned to the U.S. with a striking public health poster warning against the spread of the infectious eye disease, trachoma. (loc.gov)
  • In her article, the writer confirms that repeated and regular wash of the body as well as Wudu' (Ritual Ablution), witnessed in the Muslim communities, are very helpful in the confinement of this disease, Trachoma, which is considered as the main cause of blindness in countries of the third world. (lessonsoftheday.com)
Diabetic retinopathy1
Flies7
  • Trachoma generally occurs early in life through physical transmission of C. trachomatis to the eye by hands, flies, or cloth. (cdc.gov)
  • Trachoma is easily spread through direct personal contact such as from fingers, through shared towels and clothes, and through flies that have been in contact with the eyes or nose of an infected person. (cdc.gov)
  • C trachomatis can be spread by either direct contact with an infected person's eyes or nose or indirect contact, such as via contact with clothing or flies that have come into contact with an infected person's eyes or nose. (medscape.com)
  • Flies that transmit trachoma preferentially lay their eggs on human feces lying exposed on soil. (medscape.com)
  • Trachoma is spread through dirty clothes, hands and flies that are attracted to people's eyes. (spokesman.com)
  • It is spread from one person to another by eye-seeking flies, and by sharing cloths used to wipe the eyes and hands. (cehjournal.org)
  • It can also be spread by flies that have come into contact with these secretions. (who.int)
Sightsavers2
  • Thanks to hard work, commitment and collaboration between government, health workers, volunteers and organisations like Sightsavers, 9.5 million people are no longer at risk of losing their sight to trachoma. (sightsavers.org)
  • Sightsavers said the achievement was the result of different actions including the wide distribution of antibiotic treatments, training local surgeons to manage more than 6,000 advanced cases of trachoma, and by promoting better hygiene in school campaigns. (voaafrica.com)
Globally6
  • Globally, trachoma is the leading infectious cause of blindness. (cdc.gov)
  • Globally, almost 1.9 million people have vision loss because of trachoma, and it causes 1.4% of all blindness worldwide. (cdc.gov)
  • In the past 20 years, the number of people at risk of trachoma globally has dropped by 92 per cent, from around 1.5 billion people in 2002 to 125 million today. (sightsavers.org)
  • Globally, trachoma is a public health problem in 45 countries with an estimated 137 million people living in trachoma-endemic areas. (who.int)
  • Trachoma, the world's leading infectious cause of blindness, affects over 300 million people globally. (cehjournal.org)
  • Trachoma is a significant public health issue in many developing countries and affects millions of people globally. (antibioticsforsale.com)
Africa5
  • Trachoma is a chronic infectious eye disease affecting marginalized population groups throughout many countries of Africa, the Middle East, Asia, and a few settings in Latin America. (cdc.gov)
  • Trachoma is predominantly found in impoverished rural areas of Africa, Asia, and Central and South America. (who.int)
  • Trachoma is a public health problem in 44 countries across Africa, Asia, and Central and South America, with 136.9 million people at risk. (vivu.tv)
  • Trachoma is hyperendemic in many of the poorest and most rural areas of Africa, Central and South America, Asia, Australia and the Middle East. (vivu.tv)
  • Trachoma is hyperendemic in many of the poorest and most rural areas of 37 countries of Africa, Central and South America, Asia, Australia and the Middle East. (vivu.tv)
People18
  • Approximately 1.2 million people are blind because of trachoma. (medscape.com)
  • Part of their job is to travel around communities, often house to house, to find people with advanced cases of trachoma and encourage them to undergo surgery, the only known way to stop the condition worsening. (sightsavers.org)
  • Trachoma is a communicable eye disease centre and one regional hospital provide affecting 146 million people worldwide, secondary eye care to patients of the Nizwa mainly in developing countries [ 1 ]. (who.int)
  • Trachoma is either spread through physical contact with the eye or nose discharge from other people. (borgenproject.org)
  • An estimated 2.5 million people are at risk of trachoma in Yemen according to information gathered as part of the Global Trachoma Mapping Project - which saw trained surveyors and ophthalmic nurses visiting millions of people in some of the most remote parts of the world. (hollows.org)
  • Getting trachoma treatments to the people who need them in remote and poor communities is always challenging, but in a war-torn country like Yemen it's even more difficult. (hollows.org)
  • Handwashing is vital to help prevent the spread of disease like COVID-19, but for people across the world without access to soap and water, following this public health advice is impossible. (wateraid.org)
  • Impaired vision or blindness occurs in about 5% of people with trachoma. (msdmanuals.com)
  • Trachoma experts estimate that approximately 1.3 million people are blind from trachoma, 1.8 million people have low vision as a result of the disease, and an estimated 40 million people have active trachoma. (vivu.tv)
  • To help stop the spread, educating people why they shouldn't be sharing these items. (rotarybaysidegeelong.org)
  • People living in crowded conditions with limited access to water and healthcare are at higher risk of trachoma. (antibioticsforsale.com)
  • Only seven years ago, trachoma affected over a third of the population in the impoverished country of 20 million people. (voaafrica.com)
  • Handwashing with soap works by removing bacteria and viruses before they can enter the body or spread to other people. (globalhandwashing.org)
  • It's spread from person to person by affected people - usually by young children who pass on the disease by touching their eyes and then other children. (deadlyvibe.com.au)
  • A pandemic is an epidemic of an infectious disease that has spread across a large region affecting a substantial number of people. (aao.org)
  • It was so effective at killing people that it probably reduced its spread. (aao.org)
  • If you visit any trachoma-endemic community, you will easily notice that the disease primarily affects impoverished people, and mainly women and children. (trachomacoalition.org)
  • Speaking with her gave a clear indication that most people affected by trachoma do not know how the disease spreads or how it can be managed. (trachomacoalition.org)
Complications2
  • In adults, women are up to four times more likely than men to be affected by the late complications of trachoma mainly due to their close contact with infected children. (who.int)
  • What are the complications of trachoma? (antibioticsforsale.com)
Affects3
  • Trachoma affects the most resource-limited communities in the world. (cdc.gov)
  • Trachoma usually affects both eyes. (msdmanuals.com)
  • This is why trachoma disproportionately affects women and sets young girls, the next generation of women, on a path of perpetual poverty. (trachomacoalition.org)
Hyperendemic areas1
NTDs1
  • Trachoma is one of the NTDs which, if left untreated, leads to irrevocable loss of sight. (cbm.org)
Cleanliness1
  • As a part of a study to review the health institution approach of trachoma surveillance, "F" (facial cleanliness) and "E" (environmental improvement) components of the SAFE trachoma control strategy were assessed in a high-risk population in Nizwa wilayat . (who.int)
Antibiotic1
Prevalence2
  • The prevalence of active disease has decreased to levels below the threshold recommendation for district-level mass drug administration (MDA), and so the programme has been able to stop this activity in 84 % of the districts where trachoma is present (Figures 1 and 2). (cehjournal.org)
  • What is the global prevalence of trachoma? (vivu.tv)
Bacteria1
  • Women are in charge of garden work, collecting water and firewood, cooking, and caring for children, who often harbour the bacteria that cause trachoma. (trachomacoalition.org)
Infectious blindness1
  • Malawi's President Lazarus Chakwera said in the same statement the 'success in eliminating trachoma - the world's leading cause of infectious blindness. (voaafrica.com)
Widespread1
  • But today, trachoma is still widespread in outback Indigenous communities, especially in the Northern Territory and Western Australia. (deadlyvibe.com.au)
Cause blindness1
  • When it results in household members falling ill, women assume more of the burden of care and face additional health threats such as from trachoma, which is associated with poor hygiene and can cause blindness. (unwomen.org)
Causes inflammation1
  • Trachoma causes inflammation of the cornea (the clear centre part of the eye) and the conjunctiva (the transparent layer of tissue that covers the white of the eye and lines the inside of the eyelid). (deadlyvibe.com.au)
Cornea1
  • Later, trachomatous pannus (vascularization of the normally avascular cornea) develops as a lymphoid infiltration that is limited to the upper half of the cornea, then spreads to the center of the cornea (causing blindness from opacification of cornea overlying the pupil) and eventually the whole cornea. (aafp.org)
Programme1
  • This evidence led to the implementation of a trachoma control programme through the National Blindness Prevention Programme (PNLC) in 1998. (cehjournal.org)
Symptoms2
Trachomatis1
  • Other syndromes caused by C. trachomatis include LGV and trachoma. (cdc.gov)