News and notices. May 14, 2014

The Global Trachoma Mapping Project – the largest disease-mapping project ever conducted

A health worker examines the eyelids of a child in Yemen. Courtesy of Global Trachoma Mapping Project
A health worker examines the eyelids of a child in Yemen. Courtesy of Global Trachoma Mapping Project

In the largest disease-mapping project ever conducted, health workers trained by the Global Trachoma Mapping Project have already examined the eyelids of more than 1 million people in nearly 1,000 districts since December 2012. The data collected are being used to create the first truly complete global map of trachoma and trichiasis, due in March 2015.

Find out more in our latest Trachoma Update, kindly sponsored by the International Trachoma Initiative.

The Global Trachoma Mapping Project