Malawi has become the first country in southern Africa and the fifth in Africa to eliminate blinding trachoma as a public health problem. The disease is a devastating condition which can turn eyelashes inwards so that they scrape painfully against the eyeball – and if left untreated causes permanent sight loss. The elimination, announced on […]

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