Friday, October 25, 2024
Vietnam, with support from local and global partners and donors, eliminated trachoma as a public health problem by implementing community-wide treatment and monitoring and documenting progress. The Ministry of Health and the Vietnam National Eye Hospital led the effort. Preventive treatment was donated by Pfizer.
USAID has provided Vietnam financial and technical assistance toward ending trachoma since 2011. USAID also supported Vietnam’s effort to eliminate another disabling neglected tropical disease, lymphatic filariasis, which was achieved in 2018. Trachoma is the leading infectious cause of blindness worldwide. Read the full press release here.