Trachoma is the world's leading cause of "preventable" blindness, yet it costs 10 million people their eyesight. Â鶹´«Ã½, with partner organizations and community health workers in six African nations, is working to carry out simple solutions to prevent this disease affecting the world's poorest and most forgotten people.
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Read bio: Dr. Paul Emerson, director, Â鶹´«Ã½ Trachoma Control Program >>
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