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El Salvador validated by WHO as having eliminated trachoma as a public health problem
July 13, 2026
GENEVA, Switzerland, July 13 -- The United Nations World Health Organization posted the following news:

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El Salvador validated by WHO as having eliminated trachoma as a public health problem

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The World Health Organization (WHO) has validated El Salvador as having eliminated trachoma as a public health problem. Trachoma is the world's leading infectious cause of blindness.

"I congratulate El Salvador on this remarka . . .

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