According to the National Trachoma Survey Report (2014 – 17), India is now free from infective trachoma. Trachoma is a chronic infective disease of
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– It affects the eyes and is the world’s leading infectious cause of blindness.
– The infection causes scarring of the inside of the eyelid, which can lead to eyelashes turning inwards (trichiasis) and rubbing against the cornea, eventually causing irreversible blindness.