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Mozambique launches trachoma campaign
3:44 CAT | 19 Mar 2018
File photo: School of Population and Global Health - University of Melbourne
Health authorities in central Mozambique are set to launch a campaign for the treatment of trachoma, a disease that can cause blindness.
The campaign will cover six districts in Zambézia province where there is a high incidence of trachoma, affecting approximately one million people.
From now until Friday, teams will visit Chinde, Inhassunge, Luabo, Derre, Mopeia and Morrumbala to administer antibiotics aimed at eliminating the infection.
The disease is bacterial, and associated with poor hygiene, contagion resulting from contact with contaminated eyes and hands.
In the six districts where the campaign will take place, the prevalence of trachoma is around 5 percent, a level at which the World Health Organisation recommends mass antibiotic treatment.
The campaign aims to cover 100 percent of patients of all ages and, according to the Ministry of Health, is budgeted at 6,821,534 meticais (about 89,000 Euros), provided by partners in the sector.
Source: Lusa
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