Trachoma: how a common cause of blindness can be prevented worldwide—I knew very little about trachoma before working on this piece. I was very surprised by how much progress had been made against it, and also the scale of the data collection effort (eye tests of more than 2.6 million people!) - it raised my ambitions on how much was possible against neglected diseases with targeted efforts. (Another article I wrote on guinea worm eradication gave me a similar feeling.)
Trachoma: how a common cause of blindness can be prevented worldwide—I knew very little about trachoma before working on this piece. I was very surprised by how much progress had been made against it, and also the scale of the data collection effort (eye tests of more than 2.6 million people!) - it raised my ambitions on how much was possible against neglected diseases with targeted efforts.
<3 just read the post and I found it a fun read! Man, successful public health initiatives are so great :’) Definitely one of the more inspiring things about humanity.
True, it’s cool that we have large scale data on this—nice graphs! Thanks for sharing :)
What’s one of your favorite posts you’ve written at OWID?
Nice question!
Oh I started responding to this with a list of three but then re-read the question and you only asked for one. But here are two of my favourites:
What was the Golden Age of Antibiotics, and how can we spark a new one? - I really enjoyed doing the data visualizations for this one, and learning about the history of some of the breakthroughs in antibiotic drug development.
Trachoma: how a common cause of blindness can be prevented worldwide—I knew very little about trachoma before working on this piece. I was very surprised by how much progress had been made against it, and also the scale of the data collection effort (eye tests of more than 2.6 million people!) - it raised my ambitions on how much was possible against neglected diseases with targeted efforts. (Another article I wrote on guinea worm eradication gave me a similar feeling.)
<3 just read the post and I found it a fun read! Man, successful public health initiatives are so great :’) Definitely one of the more inspiring things about humanity.
True, it’s cool that we have large scale data on this—nice graphs! Thanks for sharing :)