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Treatment and Prevention on Malaria and Trachoma
Reach 8 Million Ethiopians
 An ambitious public health campaign using an integrated approach to combat malaria and trachoma in Ethiopia recently reached a new milestone in its innovative intervention strategy. ITI staff traveled with Pfizer representatives to participate in this inspiring effort by Amhara National Regional State (ANRS) and the Lions-Carter Center Sightfirst Initiative. Read More
A New Database To Facilitate Zithromax Distribution
and Forecasting
 Over the past six months, ITI Staff in Atlanta, Georgia have been deeply involved in creating a new database to track and facilitate distribution of Zithromax.
ITI interviewed Vivian Singletary, Supply Chain Manager. Read More
Surgical Camps Bring New Sight and Hope to Rural
Districts in Tanzania
From August to November 2009, ITI supported a series of mobile surgical "camps" that traveled into rural districts in Tanzania to perform outpatient eye surgeries and prevent sight loss of people suffering from blinding trachoma. Read More
ITI's New Trachoma Expert Committee Meets for First Time
The newly-constituted Trachoma Expert Committee (TEC)--formed to provide ITI with advice and counsel on strategic, technical and operational issues--met for the first time in December 2009 at ITI headquarters at the Task Force for Global Health in Atlanta. Read More
Nepal Stakeholders Chart Course for NTD Program
In December 2009, a planning meeting of stakeholders helped to chart a course to combat neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) in Nepal. Read More
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 The Trachoma Information Service Lives Again!
The Kilimanjaro Centre for Community Ophthalmology in Tanzania announced on January 8, 2010 that, with the new support and partnership of ITI, KCCO will be re-starting the Trachoma Information Service.
Over the last five years, the Trachoma Information Service has been an important resource for all those involved in trachoma by gathering and distributing trachoma related information via email. The bi-monthly mailings included the latest trachoma research articles. Summaries provided by the authors paid particular attention to what the findings meant for people involved in trachoma control in developing countries.
Due to lack of funding the Trachoma Information Service had ceased activity in early 2009, but 2010 will see its revitalization. If you would like to receive TIS material via email send your name and email address to Paul Courtright, Co-Director of KCCO, at pcourtright@kcco.net.
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