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Thank You for Helping Fight Blinding Trachoma in Mali and Niger

  • Images of the SAFE strategy to fight trachoma.

Due to the generosity of donors like you, this special match provided by the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation has been met.

We are pleased to report tremendous success from this work. Currently, Mali is seeking official validation from the World Health Organization that it is free of trachoma as a public health problem, and Niger’s elimination efforts remain on track toward the same outcome.

Trachoma is the world's leading cause of preventable blindness and threatens 136 million people. The infectious eye disease causes terrible pain, disability, and stigma, and keeps communities stuck in a cycle of poverty. Women and children are at greatest risk.

Trachoma is both preventable and treatable, which means a person's eyesight can be saved before it is too late. Using proven and low-cost methods, The Carter Center and its partners have eliminated blinding trachoma in Ghana.

Progress in the Fight Against Blinding Trachoma

In 2021, donors like you helped The Carter Center facilitate:

  • 14,440 sight-saving surgeries, the majority of which were performed on women, who are almost twice as likely as men to go blind from the disease.
  • More than 300,000 people received antibiotics for trachoma prevention in Ethiopia, Mali, Niger, South Sudan, and Sudan.
  • More than 15,000 people trained to support ongoing health education activities in their communities.
  • The broadcast of over 32,000 radio messages on trachoma and how to prevent the spread of the disease.
  • The construction of nearly 14,100 sanitary latrines for trachoma prevention and training for over 300 new masons to build more latrines in their communities.

Thank you for helping some of the world’s poorest people to escape this terrible disease and ensuing blindness.

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The Carter Center thanks the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation for making this match possible. Visit the Hilton Foundation's website.

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