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in October, Malawi became the first nation in southern Africa to eliminate trachoma as a public health problem. Photo: Getty Images
NEGLECTED TROPICAL DISEASES

From blindness to sight – celebrating Malawi’s progress on World Neglected Tropical Diseases Day

Eliminating diseases has a knock-on effect, boosting health, education and employment and transforming lives and communities

  • Lazarus McCarthy Chakwera
4 min read