Tag Archive for PRO/EDR> Trachoma – Ghana: WHO, eliminated as a public health problem
PRO/EDR> Trachoma – Ghana: WHO, eliminated as a public health problem
Trachoma -- GhanaTrachoma was identified in the 1950s as the most important cause of blindness in Ghana. By the 1990s, the disease was known to persist as a significant public health problem in the Northern and Upper West Regions. There were about 2.8 million people at risk of trachomatous blindness nationally, with an estimated 13 000 people suffering from trichiasis. In 2000, the Ministry of Health and Ghana Health Service set up a national Trachoma Elimination Programme.Ghana's Trachoma Elimination Read more [...]
