Whoa 🤯 in Slow-MoJan 18
🌍✨ The #WHO has just released new data showing that the number of people exposed to #trachoma worldwide has fallen below 100 million, down from over 1.5 billion in 2002 📉, signaling an extraordinary reduction in the world’s leading infectious cause of #blindness 👁️🚫.

Global population requiring in...
Global population requiring interventions against trachoma falls below 100 million for the first time

The number of people requiring interventions against trachoma, the world’s leading infectious cause of blindness, has fallen below 100 million for the first time since global records began.

Mags at LargeDec 29

A must read!

There is so much more going on in the world betond social media clickbait outrage.

"This gap, between the world as it is and how we’re told to see it, comes down to a choice about what we do with our attention."

https://open.substack.com/pub/fixthenews/p/the-telemetry

#Environment #Energy #Solar #Trachoma #Conservatiob #HighSeasTreaty #MediaBias #MurderRate

The Telemetry

All the news the headlines missed in 2025.

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WHONov 12
#Egypt becomes the 27th country validated by WHO for eliminating #trachoma as a public health problem! This marks a historic public health milestone for the country. Trachoma remains a public health problem in 30 countries and is the world’s leading infectious cause of blindness.
Tedros Adhanom GhebreyesusOct 20
Congratulations, #Fiji, for eliminating #trachoma — the first neglected tropical diseases to be eliminated in the country. Thanks to the government, health workers and communities, future generations of Fijians are being set free from the suffering that trachoma has inflicted on their ancestors.
allAfrica.comOct 1
Despite Progress, Funding Cuts Threaten to Reverse Africa's Fight Against Neglected Tropical Diseases @allafrica: https://allafrica.com/stories/202510010287.html?utm_campaign=allafrica%3Aeditor&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter&utm_content=promote%3Aaans%3Aabkgta #Africa #BeatNTDs #NTDS #EscapeTheNeglect #Trachoma #UniteActEliminate @melodychironda
allAfrica.comSep 3, 2025
A Surgeon's Fight for Sight on the Frontlines of Trachoma https://allafrica.com/stories/202509030069.html?utm_campaign=allafrica%3Aeditor&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter&utm_content=promote%3Aaans%3Aabkgta #BeatNTDs #NTDS #EscapeTheNeglect #Trachoma #UniteActEliminate
allAfrica.comAug 20, 2025
Neglected Tropical Diseases Affect Millions - How Tanzania is Boldly Fighting Back @allafrica: https://allafrica.com/stories/202508200516.html?utm_campaign=allafrica%3Aeditor&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter&utm_content=promote%3Aaans%3Aabkgta #Tanzania #BeatNTDs #NTDS #EscapeTheNeglect #Trachoma #UniteActEliminate
PeterJul 26, 2025

We (Australia) are the only developed nation in the world to still be on the WHO's list of countries where trachoma is endemic. We might have gotten the numbers low enough now to be declared "free" soon but we still need a couple of years to prove it.

The fact that it has taken us this long to sort the issue out is a sad indictment of our (continuing) treatment of First Nation people in this country.

#AusPol #Health #Australia #Trachoma #WHO #FirstNations

https://www.who.int/news/item/15-07-2025-senegal-joins-growing-list-of-countries-that-have-eliminated-trachoma

Senegal joins growing list of countries that have eliminated trachoma

WHO has validated Senegal as having eliminated trachoma as a public health problem. Senegal becomes the ninth country in WHO’s African Region to have achieved this feat.

WHOJul 15, 2025
Congratulations! #Senegal 🇸🇳 has eliminated #trachoma as a public health problem, becoming the 9th country in WHO’s African Region to do so. This marks a major milestone in the fight against neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) 🔗 bit.ly/3Ua8iH4 #endNTDs
WHOJul 11, 2025
Congratulations! #Burundi 🇧🇮 has eliminated #trachoma as a public health problem, the first neglected tropical disease (NTD) to be eliminated in the country. This milestone is made possible by nearly 20 years of national commitment & international solidarity. 🔗 bit.ly/4eI7keN #endNTDs