Reaching remote Amazonian communities to eliminate trachoma

• Published in: Community eye health Vol. 30; no. 99; p. 65
• Main Authors: Trujillo, Julian Trujillo, Jesudason, Tim, Sankar, Girija
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England International Centre for Eye Health 2017; International Centre for Eye Health (ICEH), London
• Subjects: Series Trachoma; trachoma

Worldwide, many indigenous peoples are at risk of developing trachoma, a bacterial eye disease that disproportionately affects the world’s poorest communities. In Colombia’s remote Amazonian districts, trachoma is still endemic amongst many of the indigenous communities that live there.