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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
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19.7 Million People Treated
for Neglected Tropical Diseases
 Ghana, Mali and
Niger have successfully completed the first integrated
mass drug administrations under the Neglected Tropical
Disease (NTD) Program ...more
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| HIGHLIGHTS |
Alyssa Milano Announced as the Global Network's
Founding Lead Ambassador
 Ms. Alyssa
Milano has been announced as the new Founding Lead Ambassador
of the Global Network for Neglected Tropical Diseases Control
(the Global Network) ...
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| INTRODUCING NEW ITI
STAFF |
Josh Rosenfeld joins
the International Trachoma Initiative as the
Logistics Manager.... more
Christina Sudi joins
the International Trachoma Initiative as the Project
Coordinator for the Community Empowerment for Trachoma Control
Project in Tanzania .... more
Beth
Weinstein joins the International Trachoma
Initiative as the Director of Communications and Advocacy
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Photo credits © 2007 ITI: I. Abdoulaye, S.
Smith, the Sabin
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A recent
program on Niger's national radio station, La Voix du Sahel,
highlighted the successful trachoma control work done by the
International Trachoma Initiative's Niger
office
