Welcome to
Trachoma Matters, the quarterly e-newsletter of the International
Trachoma Initiative (ITI). The International
Trachoma Initiative is dedicated to the elimination of
blinding trachoma, the world's leading cause of preventable
blindness.
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World Water Day 2008:
Sanitation Matters!
Blinding trachoma,
a Neglected Tropical Disease (NTD), is a disease of poverty
and poor living conditions. Access to safe, clean water
and ...more
Lives Changed: The Impact of Trichiasis
Surgery in Vietnam
One of Nguyen Ngoc Danh's favorite things to do is read
the newspaper, but trachoma trichiasis (TT) was preventing him
fromm being able to read without pain and tears pouring down
his face. TT is the painful and destructive condition
occurring when multiple ...more
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Blinding trachoma,
a Neglected Tropical Disease (NTD), is a disease of poverty
and poor living conditions. Access to safe, clean water
and 
The Lavelle Fund
for the The Blind (Lavelle) has recently awarded the
International Trachoma Initiative (ITI) a three-year grant
to 
