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Mauritania approaching goal of trachoma eradication thanks to private funding
PARIS — The ambitious goal of lowering the prevalence of blinding trachoma from 16% to less than 3% in Mauritania was achieved thanks to private sponsorship in cooperation with the local government, as reported by Abdallahi Ould Minnih, MD, who received this year’s Gold Medal award from the International Organization Against Trachoma and the French League Against Trachoma. Trachoma was a public health problem in large areas of Mauritania. In a 2000 survey, a national 16% prevalence of follicular trachoma was found in children under the age of 10 years, (Read more...)