International Trachoma Initiative
SECRETARY GENERAL OF THE MAURITANIAN MINISTRY OF HEALTH DELIVERS FIRST ANTIBIOTIC TREATMENT IN A NATIONAL EFFORT TO END BLINDING TRACHOMA BY 2010
05-20-2004
Atar, Mauritania -- In this arid village on the edge of the Sahara Desert, the Secretary General of the Mauritanian Ministry of Health, Mr. Meimoune Ould Jiyid, delivered the nation’s first Zithromax treatment in an effort to eliminate blinding trachoma...
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‘REMARKABLE RESULTS’ MADE IN EFFORT TO ELIMINATE
BLINDING TRACHOMA IN THE DEVELOPING WORLD
Pfizer commits to increase treatments from current eight million
to 135 million over next five years, a 15-fold expansion
BLINDING TRACHOMA IN THE DEVELOPING WORLD
Pfizer commits to increase treatments from current eight million
to 135 million over next five years, a 15-fold expansion
11-11-2003
The global effort to eliminate a blinding eye infection common in the developing world is showing “dramatic results,” including a reduction in acute infections in children by as much as 50 percent in some program areas...
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Blindness from Trachoma Nearly Eliminated in Morocco
ITI and Pfizer increase commitment to trachoma control program
following review of North African success
$200 million program will target blindness in nine countries
ITI and Pfizer increase commitment to trachoma control program
following review of North African success
$200 million program will target blindness in nine countries
11-11-2001
Trachoma-related blindness, which was a risk to 1.5 million people in Morocco just five years ago, will be completely eliminated in the country by 2005 in the most rapid ever single-country blinding trachoma elimination program...
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ITI Expands Trachoma Control Program in Vietnam,
Launches New Program in Nepal
Initial success against trachoma in Vietnam, other countries
leads to program expansion
Launches New Program in Nepal
Initial success against trachoma in Vietnam, other countries
leads to program expansion
02-06-2001
Millions of people at risk of blindness from trachoma in Vietnam and Nepal will soon benefit from the implementation of an advanced trachoma-fighting strategy that has already helped save the sight...
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PFIZER AND CLARK FOUNDATION ANNOUNCE MAJOR
CAMPAIGN TO BATTLE BLINDING TRACHOMA
-- Comprehensive public health strategy will address
world’s leading cause of preventable blindness --
CAMPAIGN TO BATTLE BLINDING TRACHOMA
-- Comprehensive public health strategy will address
world’s leading cause of preventable blindness --
11-10-1998
Pfizer Inc and the Edna McConnell Clark Foundation today announced a $66 million public health program that will work toward eliminating blinding trachoma in five developing countries...
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