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India's Health Triumph: WHO Lauds
Trachoma Elimination
celebrate the remarkable efforts
and achievements of countless
individuals and organisations
across disciplines and domains
to overcome a communicable
potentially blinding eye disease.
It allows us to acknowledge
the invaluable contributions of
healthcare workers, medical
professionals, volunteers,
Dr Radhika Tandon
NGOs, social workers, funding
Professor and Chief, agencies, government officials,
Dr R P Centre for Ophthalmic civic authorities, researchers,
and citizens—all of whom have
Sciences, AIIMS
played a direct or indirect
role in confronting a major
public health challenge. Their
combined efforts have helped
the nation progress towards the
successful eradication of the
disease.
The journey which started
in 1950-60s with the initial
At the outset, I would like to efforts starting from an ICMR
express my deep appreciation pilot project to determine the
for the visionary concept of 'Mann magnitude of the problem
ki Baat'. This unique initiative and identify risk factors for its
extends the personal presence spread, consequent blinding
of our Hon’ble Prime Minister complications followed
across the length and breadth by better understanding
of our nation, transcending contributing to development
geographical, socio-economic, of a strategic action plan
and demographic boundaries. under the National Trachoma
This edition offers a special Control Programme initiated by
opportunity to highlight and Ministry of Health leading to its
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