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ITI began supporting trachoma control activities in Tanzania in 1999 and established a Country Office the same year.  Tanzania and Morocco are the first countries in the world to implement the SAFE strategy.

• Tanzania’s National Trachoma Control Program began in 1999
• National Program Coordinator:  Dr. Grace Saguti

• Download a list of SAFE strategy implementing partners in Tanzania.
• Surgery:  A total number of 21,183 people underwent lid surgery for trachomatous trichiasis (TT) in Tanzania since 1999.  In 2007, 2,910 people underwent TT surgery.
• Antibiotics:  Over 15.1 million treatments of Zithromax have been administered in Tanzania since 1999.  During the year 2007, ITI supported the administration of close to 5 million treatments.

Facial Cleanliness and Environmental Improvement

• Following support from the Foundation for Civil Society, ten districts will benefit from a three year grant focusing on hygiene promotion.
  
  
• Progress towards increasing new water sources following the scaling up of Tanzania’s rural water supply and sanitation program will benefit those living in trachoma endemic districts.

Population (est. 2004):   40,213,162
Human Development Rank: 159 out of 177
Total # Districts in Tanzania:  132
# Endemic Districts in Tanzania: 50

Burden of Trachoma (estimated)
TF Prevalence (1-9 years old):  27% 
TT Prevalence (> 15 years old):  3 %
Trichiasis backlog: 167,072
Blinded by trachoma:  45,000 people
Active infection:  2 million
At risk of infection: 12.5 million