The goal of the International Trachoma Initiative and the World Health Organization is to eradicate Trachoma in the world by 2020. It could be the second disease every eradicated worldwide (small pox is the other).
It is the Vietnam Ministry of Health’s goal to eradicate Trachoma in Vietnam by 2010.
In the 1970s, ~70% of the Vietnamese population suffered from Trachoma. It is no longer a public health threat in almost all of the 64 provinces. Pfizer donated over 2 million doses of Zithromax in Vietnam to help eliminate active Trachoma infections. In 2006 Pfizer donated $594 million of Zithromax in 11 countries to eliminate Trachoma.
There is still work to do. Given the high previous prevalence of the disease, the longer term impact of the disease still needs to be repaired.
All of the patients arrived at the Commune Health Center by bicycle or motor bike. I saw very few cars all day.
Daughters brought their mothers. Wives brought their husbands. Husbands brought their wives.
They were all so supportive of each other as they arrived and when they got out of surgery. The look of the family members was overwhelming as we took their loved ones into surgery.
It is the Vietnam Ministry of Health’s goal to eradicate Trachoma in Vietnam by 2010.
In the 1970s, ~70% of the Vietnamese population suffered from Trachoma. It is no longer a public health threat in almost all of the 64 provinces. Pfizer donated over 2 million doses of Zithromax in Vietnam to help eliminate active Trachoma infections. In 2006 Pfizer donated $594 million of Zithromax in 11 countries to eliminate Trachoma.
There is still work to do. Given the high previous prevalence of the disease, the longer term impact of the disease still needs to be repaired.
All of the patients arrived at the Commune Health Center by bicycle or motor bike. I saw very few cars all day.
Daughters brought their mothers. Wives brought their husbands. Husbands brought their wives.
They were all so supportive of each other as they arrived and when they got out of surgery. The look of the family members was overwhelming as we took their loved ones into surgery.
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