The Gambia becomes second African state to end trachoma
by Kaamil Ahmed from Science | The Guardian on (#5GXF7)
Health workers spent years targeting agonising and blinding eye disease, which was rife in rural areas
The Gambia has become the second country in Africa to eliminate trachoma, one of the leading causes of blindness.
The achievement, announced by the World Health Organization on Tuesday, came after decades of work on the disease, which has damaged the sight of about 1.9 million people worldwide. Ghana was the first country in Africa to eliminate the disease in 2018.
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