Hanoi (VNA) - The World Health Organisation (WHO) announced on September 19 that Cambodiaand Laos have eliminated trachoma.
Shin Young-soo, WHO regional director for the Western Pacific, congratulatedthe two Southeast Asian countries for the effort, saying in a news statementthat the two have made the right investments in protecting people’s health.
Shin called trachoma"a disease of poverty," noting that communities that do not have goodaccess to safe water and sanitation are the hardest hit.
Trachoma has been a health problem in Cambodia since the 1990s and in Laossince the 1970s.
Cambodia and Laos are the first countries in the WHO Western Pacific region tobe declared as having eliminated trachoma as a public health problem, WHO said.
Trachoma, an eye disease caused by infection with Chlamydia trachomatisbacteria, is the leading infectious cause of blindness worldwide, according toa WHO statement.
It said infection is spread through contact with discharge from the eyes andnose of an infected person, particularly young children.
Transmission of the infection is closely linked with poor sanitation andhygiene, WHO said.-VNA
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Mother and child from Cambodia (Source: VNA) 
