Give Global Blog
When tasked with writing a blog post that would be published in the middle of November, my first thought was, “Perfect, easy – everyone loves a post that is comforting, moving and inspiring during the season of giving thanks!” When I learned the blog post topic was global health, well … after the last 18 months we’ve had, all I could think was, “How am I supposed to put a positive spin on global health at a time like this?” While the state of global health these days may not be the first thing that comes to mind when thinking…
Charity Photos
- Title: Noutene, an albino and blind student
- Charity: Sightsavers
- Country: Mali
- Photo Credit: © Sightsavers/Nicolas Réméné
- Title: School eye health
- Charity: Sightsavers
- Country: Liberia
- Photo Credit: © Sightsavers/Carielle Doe
- Title: Trachoma examination
- Charity: Sightsavers
- Country: Malawi
- Photo Credit: © The Queen Elizabeth Diamond Jubilee Trust / Siegfried M
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Malawi has become the first country in southern Africa to eliminate the infectious eye disease trachoma, as confirmed by the World Health Organization. Sightsavers began working in Malawi in the 1950s and helped to launch the Malawi Trachoma Elimination Programme in 2014. On 21 September 2022 the World Health Organization (WHO) officially announced that the country had eliminated the disease as a public health problem. Trachoma is the world’s leading infectious cause of blindness. In the past 20 years, the number of people at risk of trachoma globally has dropped by 92 per cent, from around 1.5 billion people in 2002 to 125 million today. But the condition still affects people in more than 40 countries, the vast majority of which are in Africa. HE Lazarus McCarthy Chakwera, President of Malawi, said: “I am proud to lead Malawi’s celebration in defeating yet another neglected tropical disease (NTD). This success in…
