Trachoma and cataract: two WHO targets.
Among the four diseases of greatest concern to the WHO Programme for the Prevention of Blindness--trachoma, onchocerciasis, xerophthalmia and cataract--the first and the last alone have blinded some 26 million people. But the present toll of avoidable blindness in developing countries can be reduced by 50% over the next ten years.
D001766:Blindness / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D002386:Cataract / Q000150:complications / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006801:Humans; D014141:Trachoma / Q000150:complications / Q000517:prevention & control*; D014944:World Health Organization