In Pictures : Preventing Trachoma
A poster from the Ethiopia trachoma campaign
Ethiopia: high level of disease

Ethiopia has some of the highest levels of trachoma in the world, with an active rate in children aged 1 to 10 years of 50-80%.

The disease blinds 3.5% of the population, about 1 million people. Another 10 million have active trachoma.

Picture: A different poster from the Ethiopia trachoma campaign. This one is in the Oromigna language.


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