Ghana becomes the first sub-Saharan African country to eliminate trachoma

It was announced Wednesday that Ghana has eliminated trachoma as a public health problem, becoming the first sub-Saharan African country to be validated by the World Health Organization (WHO) for eliminating the eye disease. "It's been 20 years since the global health community committed to eliminating trachoma worldwide" said WHO Director-General, Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. "Although there's ["]

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