In 2005, trachoma was responsible for 4% of all cases of blindness in Myanmar. By 2018, the prevalence of trachoma was down to a mere 0.008% with trachoma no longer a public health problem.
Meanwhile, Maldives and Sri Lanka have both eliminated rubella. This appears in the same article as the Myanmar news, because…
...I guess eliminating diseases nationwide is so commonplace that we don’t even need separate updates for each country/​disease? That seems like a good thing.
Myanmar has eliminated trachoma.
Meanwhile, Maldives and Sri Lanka have both eliminated rubella. This appears in the same article as the Myanmar news, because…
...I guess eliminating diseases nationwide is so commonplace that we don’t even need separate updates for each country/​disease? That seems like a good thing.