Community health work supports eye care

Public health action and monitoring reduced transmission in previously affected places.

The validation recognized sustained work by Brazilian services and communities.

Elimination as a public health problem does not rule out future imported infection.

Pakistan met WHO criteria for eliminating trachoma as a public health problem.

Trachoma control combines care for affected people with ways to reduce new infections.

Elimination as a public health problem is a defined milestone, not a guarantee of no future cases.

India reached the criteria for elimination of trachoma as a public health problem.

Surveys in previously endemic areas confirmed that prevalence targets had been reached.

Post-validation plans included care for trichiasis and promotion of hygiene and sanitation.

WHO validation was followed by plans to watch for resurgence.