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According to the WHO, trachoma is the leading cause of infectious blindness in the world. This public health problem, which is part of the Neglected Tropical Diseases, affects 44 countries and is responsible for blindness and visual impairment for approximately 1.9 million people.
Trachoma is caused by an intracellular bacterium, Chlamydia trachomatis. The infection is transmitted by contact with the discharge from the eyes or the nose of infected people, especially young children who form the main reservoir of the infection. It is also transmitted by flies, which have come into contact with the eyes or nose of infected people. Why are women more affected than men? Where are the searches?
- Dr. Christophe Orssaudophthalmologist and neurophthalmologist, Head of the Functional Ophthalmology Unit at theGeorges Pompidou European Hospitalin Paris.
- Pr Assumpta Bella, Full Professor of Ophthalmology, Head of the Ophthalmology Department and Medical Director at the Gyneco-Obstetrics and Pediatric Hospital of Yaoundé. Coordinator of the National Blindness Control Program of Cameroon
- Pr Serge Resnikoff, President of the association Organization for the Prevention of Blindness OPC.
At the end of the program, we take stock of the OpinionWay survey which reveals the lack of knowledge of the French about bladder cancer. We talk about it with Frédéric Merlier, President of theAssociation Bladder Cancer France.
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