Trachoma Matters
Welcome to Trachoma Matters, the quarterly e-newsletter of the International Trachoma Initiative (ITI). The International Trachoma Initiative is dedicated to the elimination of blinding trachoma, the world's leading cause of preventable blindness.
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World Water Day 2008: Sanitation Matters!
a water site well Blinding trachoma, a Neglected Tropical Disease (NTD), is a disease of poverty and poor living conditions.  Access to safe, clean water and ...more
Lavelle Fund Awards Grant to ITI-Ethiopia 
Lavelle Fund for the BlindThe Lavelle Fund for the The Blind (Lavelle) has recently awarded the International Trachoma Initiative (ITI) a three-year grant to  ...more
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FROM THE FIELD
Lives Changed: The Impact of Trichiasis Surgery in Vietnam                                   field worker
One of Nguyen Ngoc Danh's favorite things to do is read the newspaper, but trachoma trichiasis (TT) was preventing him fromm being able to read without pain and tears pouring down his face.  TT is the painful and destructive condition occurring when multiple ...more
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