Trachoma -- Iran
The World Health Organization (WHO) has validated the elimination of trachoma as a public health problem in Iran. By achieving this milestone, the country becomes the 3rd in WHO's Eastern Mediterranean Region, after Oman in 2012 and Morocco in 2016, to overcome this centuries-old disease.
"WHO is pleased to have supported the Islamic Republic of Iran through the validation process," said Dr. Ahmed Al-Mandhari, WHO Regional Director for the Eastern Mediterranean. "But this achievement was
Read more about it at HealthMap Global Disease Alerts via http://healthmap.org/ln.php?6059045&promed&0
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