Southern Africa: WHO Validates Malawi for Eliminating Trachoma, First Country in Southern Africa

[WHO-AFRO] Brazzaville/Lilongwe -- World Health Organization (WHO) has validated Malawi as having eliminated trachoma--a bacterial eye infection that can cause irreversible blindness if untreated--as a public health problem. Malawi becomes the first country in southern Africa and the fifth in Africa to achieve this significant milestone.
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - Category: African Health Source Type: news