“I commend Senegal for freeing its population from this disease”, said Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO director-general.“This milestone is yet another sign of the remarkable progress being made ...

About 50 African Union Member States have endorsed a ground-breaking digital micro-planning portal co-created by Africa CDC ...

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has listed Nigeria among the 20 countries in the African region that require trachoma elimination ...

Trachoma, a bacterial eye infection that can lead to blindness if untreated, has plagued Senegalese communities for over a century.

Senegal has eliminated trachoma as a public health problem, becoming the 25th country in the world—and the ninth in Africa to do so, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Trachoma is a ...

The World Health Organisation has validated Senegal as having eliminated trachoma as a public health problem. The WHO, which ...

Senegal is now the ninth nation in the World Health Organization's (WHO) African Region to formally eradicate trachoma as a ...

The World Health Organization (WHO) has validated Burundi as having eliminated trachoma as a public health problem, making it the eighth country in WHO’s African Region to reach this important ...

The World Health Organization (WHO) has officially announced that Burundi has eliminated trachoma as a public health problem, marking a major milestone in the country's fight against neglected ...