Sentences with phrase «blinding trachoma»

In 2009 the Australian Government made a commitment to eliminate blinding trachoma from Aboriginal communities.

The Tool can visualize the geographical distribution of all of the main preventative chemotherapy (PCT) NTDs: schistosomiasis, soil - transmitted helminths, lymphatic filariasis, onchocerciasis and blinding trachoma.

Collectively known as neglected tropical diseases, or NTDs, these illnesses include leprosy, rabies, blinding trachoma and lymphatic filariasis (also known as elephantiasis).

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He is looking for trachoma, a contagious, incurable, blinding eye disease that was the leading medical cause for deportation, 1910s Gelatin silver print; printed 1910s 4 7/8 x 6 3/4 inches

It was reported in 2001 that in areas with severe trachoma in Australia, one in five of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people have in - turned lashes, and about half of these are either blind already or will eventually go blind.