This will be our 23rd year of working to eliminate trachoma in Ethiopia. If left untreated, repeated trachoma infections can lead to trachomatous trichiasis (TT), a painful condition in which scarring causes the eyelid to turn in on itself and the eyelashes to scratch the front part of the eye. It is estimated to affect 1.9 million people globally. Of the NTDs, Orbis focuses on trachoma, a painful bacterial eye infection and the world’s leading infectious cause of blindness.
What work is Orbis currently doing to eliminate NTDs? That is why our global nonprofit, Orbis, along with more than 300 other organizations, uses this day to celebrate the progress being made to help the 1.7 billion people whose lives are threatened every day by NTDs.Ģ. These largely preventable conditions primarily affect marginalized communities around the world and can lead to severe suffering and even lifelong impairment. World Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTD) Day is an annual event that falls on January 30 and works to raise awareness and demand action to control and eliminate NTDs. What is World Neglected Tropical Diseases Day - why is it important?
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