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ring treatment for the disease has reduced by 91%, from 100 million to 9.1 million, since 2015. In addition, 11 countries have eliminated the condition since the launch of the WHO’s Global Alliance for the Elimination of Trachoma by 2020.
Trachoma can lead to debilitating eyelid scarring and ulceration, and is responsible for the visual impairment or blindness of around 2.6 million people. Although the disease is preventable and treatable, it continues to affect some 137 million people in 44 countries.
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