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To report on Australia's achievement in eliminating trachoma as a public health problem.

May 22, 2026Open Access

Australia eliminates trachoma as a public health problem

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To report on Australia's achievement in eliminating trachoma as a public health problem.
Validation by WHO
Assessment of trachoma prevalence
Public health interventions implementation
Australia is now the 30th country to eliminate trachoma
Trachoma no longer classified as a public health problem
Significant reduction in trachoma-related blindness cases

Abstract

Australia has been validated by WHO as having eliminated trachoma, the world’s leading infectious cause of blindness, as a public health problem. It becomes the 30th country globally to reach this milestone.

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Timothy Jesudason (Fri,) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a0ff2a8d674f7c03778b374 https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lanmic.2026.101455