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Article: International Trachoma Initiative and the Task Force for Child Survival and Development Announce New Merger to Eliminate Blinding Trachoma and Fight Against Other Neglected Tropical Diseases.
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- Biotech Week
- Article date:
- April 1, 2009
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The International Trachoma Initiative (ITI) and the Task Force for Child Survival and Development announced that they will join forces to leverage resources and scale up efforts to eliminate blinding trachoma. Trachoma, a Neglected Tropical Disease (NTD) that is the world's leading cause of preventable blindness, affects 41 million people in 56 countries. While trachoma can be prevented and cured, an estimated 6.8 million people have already lost some or all of their sight to trachoma, and an additional 8.2 million people are at risk of irreversible blindness (see also Tropical Disease).
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