261. One or two generations ago, people accepted blindness caused by trachoma as inevitable Subject(s): WomenChildWorld Health Organization
262. [Health worker registers villagers for trachoma treatment] Subject(s): World Health Organization
263. One infectious eye disease alone - trachoma - has left some two million sufferers blind around the world, like this old man at an eye clinic in Burma. The answer to this major public health problem is prevention-Before it is too lateto effect a cure Subject(s): World Health Organization
264. The saga of trachoma is a sad tale of dirt, dust, warm climates and flies Subject(s): ChildWorld Health Organization
266. A preventable disease - river blindness - cost this man his sight Subject(s): World Health Organization
267. The fixed-wing aeroplane can make accurate insecticide drops at 60 mph over open stretches of river Subject(s): AircraftWorld Health Organization
268. A pest that causes all the trouble. A close-up of the blackfly, Simulium damnosum, feeding on human blood Subject(s): World Health Organization
269. The dull patch in a victim's eye shows where the parasitic worm transmitted by the black-fly's bite has caused irreparable damage. The only real answer to onchocerciasis is to wipe out the fly wherever there are human settlements Subject(s): World Health Organization
270. The face of desperation. River blindness has robbed this west African not merely of his sight but much of his earning power at an age when he should have been making his greatest contribution to the community Subject(s): World Health Organization