Ministry of Health Boost Fight Against Trachoma

Trachoma among several other Neglected Tropical Diseases has continued to cause permanent visual impairments among the people that are infected.
Dokolo district alone has over the time had increasing numbers of cases now standing at 500 people whose chances of having their sight fully restored only rests for surgeries.
To give a ray of hope to these people, a trachoma surgery campaign has been launched in this district by the Ministry of health together with its development partners.