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HEALTHELEVATED3h ago · Sep 4, 2026, 3:41 PM

Trachoma No Longer a Public Health Problem in Southeast Asia

Human Progress · east asia

“The World Health Organization (WHO) has validated Timor-Leste as having eliminated trachoma as a public health problem. Trachoma is the world's leading infectious cause of blindness. Timor-Leste was the last country in WHO’s South-East Asia Region with suspected endemic trachoma. With this validation, trachoma has been eliminated as a public health problem throughout the region.” […] The post Trachoma No Longer a Public Health Problem in Southeast Asia appeared first on Human Progress.

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