Trachoma

Secondly, all children suffer from Trachoma, which is an eye disease-a debilitating disease from which every child in Egypt, almost without exception, suffers.

The Struggle for the Middle East 1957

Blinding Trachoma: A bacterial infection of the eye that accounts for 3% of global cases of blindness.

Agencies, Drug Makers, Gates Target 10 Diseases Jeanne Whalen 2012

Trachoma, the eye disease that had nearly blinded King Abdul-Aziz himself in his later years, was widespread.

Crossing Mandelbaum Gate Kai Bird 2010

Trachoma, the eye disease that had nearly blinded King Abdul-Aziz himself in his later years, was widespread.

Crossing Mandelbaum Gate Kai Bird 2010

“Trachoma,” she heard the doctor say, but she didn't know what it meant.

The Other Side (revision) 2010

Trachoma was largely eliminated in the US and other industrialized nations by the middle of the 20th century.

Josh Ruxin: Racing to Save the Eyesight of 84 Million People 2009

Trachoma and tuberculosis clinics were founded in 1926 – 1927.

Bertha Landsman. 2009

Trachoma is one of the oldest-known ailments that can lead to blindness.

Josh Ruxin: Racing to Save the Eyesight of 84 Million People 2009

Trachoma is one of the priority diseases targeted by the World Health Organization and the International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness in their joint initiative, "Vision 2020 Right to Sight" which aims to eliminate the sources of preventable blindness in the developing world before the year 2020.

Josh Ruxin: Racing to Save the Eyesight of 84 Million People 2009

Research findings, 'Trachoma in late Greek antiquity and the early Byzantine periods,' are discussed in a new report see also Trachoma Therapy.

Trachoma in late Greek antiquity and the early Byzantine periods 2008