Queen Elizabeth Trust
Queen Elizabeth Trust

Jul 17, 2019

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From Plato to The Godfather: how we’re winning the battle against a disease which has shaped history

By Lord Robertson

Patients in Tanzania wait to have their bandages removed following surgery to correct in-turned eyelashes © Rob Beechey

The figures recently released by the World Health Organization, which show a 90 per cent reduction in the debilitating eye disease trachoma since 2002, signal a historic leap forward in the journey to rid the world of an ancient disease.

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