... of scarring caused to the eye and also abrasion. Blindness occurs results from corneal opacification. The WHO ( World Health Organisation) recommends a strategy known as "SAFE" as a method of controlling blinding trachoma and helping to prevent its prevalence in the future. SAFE is Surgery for trichiasis, Antibiotics for active disease, Facial hygiene, Environmental improvement to reduce the transmission of the disease (2). Surgery is not an obvious choice to try to eliminate blinding trachoma as it only targets those who are susceptible to getting the disease and not prevention. Prevention is the key to eliminating blinding trachoma worldwide. Surgery can be used to treat those with trichiasis who are likely to develop blinding trachoma but it is costly and this type of surgical expertise is not readily available in the countries in which the disease is prevalent. Surgery however does not get rid of all the symptoms that ...

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