Real Lives, Real Change

Taming Trachoma

Dedicated health workers in the Amhara region of Ethiopia distribute antibiotics and information to combat trachoma, a bacterial eye disease. In spring 2021, each team visited an average of 49 households a day, treating a total of 14.9 million people.

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