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(End the Neglect, December 17, 2009) Now think of the pain experienced in the few minutes until you can remove the eyelash, but multiply it by thousands, and you’ll come close to understanding the pain caused by trachoma long before it even reaches its most well-known manifestation: blindness. We have Bono and Brad…Who is the Celebrity Face of Neglected Tropical Diseases? (Global Health Policy at NYU-Wagner, December 12, 2009) There is a category for diseases of this kind in Global Health circles, called Neglected Tropical Diseases or NTDs. These conditions are the highest contributors to the overall burden of disease, despite the fact that they are not as high in mortality as some other diseases. Comment des associations locales tentent de regagner du terrain (L'Economiste, Novembere 19, 2009) Hajja Fattouma attend son tour dans le centre de santé d'Addis à Tata. Elle porte le pudique Haïk, typique des provinces du sud. A côté d'elle, une douzaine d'autres femmes tous âges confondus. Elles ont toutes les yeux rouges et des cils raréfiés. (Relief Web, Novembere 2, 2009) The MalTra campaigns are a huge joint undertaking between the Amhara National Regional State (ANRS) and Lions-Carter Center Sightfirst Initiative held twice a year to tackle two of the major scourges of humanity in Amhara region: malaria and trachoma. Fighting blindness may prevent deaths in Ethiopia (Associated Press, September 2, 2009) An antibiotic widely used in Africa to treat eyesight-robbing infections seems to help prevent Ethiopian children from dying of other diseases. (New York Times, July 27, 2009) Three nations — Ghana, Mexico and Saudi Arabia — are the latest to declare that they have eliminated blinding trachoma as a public health problem in their countries. Trachoma Eliminated in Ghana, Mexico and Saudi Arabia (Ghana Business News, July 25, 2009) Trachoma is an infectious disease responsible for 3% of the world’s blindness. The aim is to eliminate the disease as a public health problem by the year 2020. The International Trachoma Initiative (ITI) says that three more countries have announced that they have met the criteria for elimination. Trachoma Eliminated in Ghana, Mexico and Saudi Arabia (TropIKA.net, July 24, 2009) Trachoma is an infectious disease responsible for 3% of the world’s blindness. The aim is to eliminate the disease as a public health problem by the year 2020. The International Trachoma Initiative (ITI) says that three more countries have announced that they have met the criteria for elimination. Ghana, Mexico, Saudi Arabia Close to Eliminating Blinding Trachoma (The Ghanaian Journal, July 22, 2009) Ghana, Mexico, and Saudi Arabia say they have reached the goal for eliminating blinding trachoma, the Alliance for the Global Elimination of Blinding Trachoma by the Year 2020 (GET 2020), announced on Wednesday. Ghana Close to Eliminating Blinding Trachoma (The Ghanaian Reactor Online, July 22, 2009) Ghana, Mexico, and Saudi Arabia say they have reached the goal for eliminating blinding trachoma, the Alliance for the Global Elimination of Blinding Trachoma by the Year 2020 (GET 2020), announced on Wednesday. Ghana Announces Plans to Eliminate Blinding Trachoma (Africa Science News Service, July 21, 2009) Ghana is among two others that have reported that they have reached the goal for eliminating blinding trachoma thanks to strengthened health care systems. (Modern Ghana, July 20, 2009) At a meeting of the World Health Organization's (WHO) global partnership on eye disease—the Alliance for the Global Elimination of Blinding Trachoma by the Year 2020 (GET 2020)—Ghana, Mexico, and Saudi Arabia reported that they have reached the goal for eliminating blinding trachoma. Each country has also strengthened its health care system so it can deliver eye surgery for those in need. (Yahoo! News via PR Newswire, July 1, 2009) Priority is collaborating effectively with government and NGO partners and strengthening the supply chain for delivering Pfizer-donated Zithromax.
(PLoS: Public Library of Science, March 23, 2009) Guest Blog by ITI President Ibrahim Jabr (Atlanta Journal Constitution, March 19, 2009) A program that strives to end a disease that has blinded an estimated 6.2 million people and threatens tens of millions more is moving from New York to metro Atlanta. (Yahoo! News, March 18, 2009) The International Trachoma Initiative (ITI) and the Task Force for Child Survival and Development announced today that they will join forces to leverage resources and scale up efforts to eliminate blinding trachoma. (Africa Science News, March 7, 2009) Based at the ITI offices in Addis Ababa, Dr. Alemu will oversee all aspects of ITI’s work in Ethiopia, including active collaboration with Ethiopia’s Ministry of Health and Regional Health Bureaus, and partner NGOs to implement activities based on the country’s National Five-Year Strategic Plan for Trachoma Control. Nepal makes progress against trachoma (TropIKA.net, February 26, 2008) Nepal appears to be on track to eliminate blinding trachoma by 2014, according to the findings of a review of progress against the disease released at a meeting of national and international trachoma control partners in Kathmandu. ::: Click here for ITI In the News Archive :::
Obama budget boosts funds for tropical diseases (Reuters, February 2, 2010) President Barack Obama's budget proposes a unique new initiative -- battling some tropical diseases not just to improve health but as a national security strategy. Health workers to be sensitized on tropical diseases (Ghana Web, January 12, 2010) The Ghana Health Services (GHS) would from March, this year, commence an in-service training programme for health workers, especially nurses and community health assistants, to acquire the requisite skills for easy diagnosis of some tropical diseases. The diseases include schistosomiasis, onchocerciasis, elephantiasis and trachoma. Brazil and India Join the Top Ranks of Governments Supporting Research (The New York Times, December 21, 2009) Brazil and India are now among the top five government supporters of research into third-world diseases, according to a study issued last week, which found that middle-income nations are taking on more of the burden of ills afflicting their poorest citizens. Trachoma: there’s progress to report (TropIKA.net, December 2, 2009) Racing to Save the Eyesight of 84 Million People (Huffington Post, November 19, 2009) HEALTH: Southern Researchers Fill Gap on Neglected Diseases State allocates 146 million Birr for malaria, trachoma prevention NGO distributing 3.3 mln birr worth medicine Tropical Disease: Neglected Tropical Ills Extract Steep Toll in Islamic World, a Journal Article Says River Blindness can be Stopped by Drugs: WHO (Agence France Presse, July 22, 2009) The UN health agency said Tuesday that the disease onchocerciasis, a major cause of blindness which affects some 37 million people worldwide, can be wiped out using drugs. New Study Shows River Blindness Can Be Eliminated (Voice of America, July 22, 2009) The World Health Organization says studies in Senegal and Mali show it is possible to eliminate river blindness. River Blindness 'Can Be Beaten' (BBC News, July 22, 2009) A study by the UN's health body has shown that the disease onchocerciasis - also known as river blindness - could be wiped out using drugs. (PR Web, July 12, 2009) The Global Network for Neglected Tropical Diseases applauded members of the Senate State, Foreign Operations and Related Programs Subcommittees for increasing funding to end the neglect of disabling, devastating and deadly NTDs. Ghana: Obama Pledges $63b to Fight Diseases (Africa News, July 11, 2009) United States President, Barack Obama, has pledged $63 billion to fight HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, malaria and polio on the African continent. He said: "We will fight neglected tropical disease. And we won't confront illnesses in isolation" Obama was addressing Ghana's parliament on Saturday. MALTRA Week in Ethiopia Ethiopian Region Integrates Trachoma and Malaria Control Programmes (TropIKA.net, June 18, 2009) Disease control campaigns can sometimes lead to a duplication of efforts. For example a group of health workers can visit homes as part of control activities for one disease, to be followed by separate team focusing on a different medical condition. A programme in Ethiopia shows that control campaigns can be integrated. (ReliefWeb, June 17, 2009) The "MALTRA" program (Malaria and Trachoma) shows how simple public health strategies can empower communities to protect them and their families from these devastating diseases. WABE: Week-long Series, From Georgia to Ethiopia, Highlights Trachoma (WABE - Public Broadcasting Atlanta, June 19, 2009) In the final part of our series "From Georgia to Ethiopia," Steve Goss interviews reporter Odette Yousef about her coverage and travels to explore The Carter Center's work to end preventable blindness.
Gender and Blindness: Restoring Hope to Women (WABE - Public Broadcasting Atlanta, June 18, 2009) Just as women have been recruited in the thousands to be rural health educators, enlisted to help in the fight against prevalent diseases, women are also disproportionately affected by the most severe form of the bacterial infection known as trachoma. The condition is called trichiasis, and without surgery, it leads to blindness.
Rural Health Workers Spread Solutions, Face Challenges (WABE - Public Broadcasting Atlanta, June 17, 2009) In late April, the Center and the Ethiopian government undertook the rapid, one-week distribution of trachoma-fighting medicine to nearly 5 million people. The campaign's success depended largely on an army of young women, government workers, who are responsible, year-round, for spreading health education.
Innovative Approach Highlights a Neglected Disease (WABE - Public Broadcasting Atlanta, June 16, 2009) In late April, the Ethiopian Government and the Atlanta-based Carter Center launched an ambitious campaign to make treatment accessible to those in the eastern half of that region. But a campaign of that scale and reach may never have happened, had they not piggy-backed trachoma onto a much better-known, and fatal, disease: malaria.
From Georgia to Ethiopia: the Fight against Blinding Trachoma (WABE - Public Broadcasting Atlanta, June 14, 2009) The Atlanta-based Carter Center has been fighting neglected tropical diseases like river blindness and guinea worm all over the world. In our week-long series "From Georgia to Ethiopia," WABE's Odette Yousef focused on the Center's fight against another disease, called "trachoma."
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