Brazil: Initiative for the Elimination of Trachoma in the Americas

Brazil contributes to the elimination of trachoma in the Americas

Brazil is moving toward the elimination of trachoma as a public health problem. Epidemiological surveys conducted in recent years show that transmission of the dis ease has been interrupted in the areas evaluated. These results reflect decades of interventions aimed at the prevention, control, and elimination of this disease in the country.

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