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WHO consultant, Dr Mario L. Tarizzo, prepares to take an eye smear from a school child at Srendi, Djerba. WHO has supported long-standing efforts in Tunisia to eliminate trachoma, a disease of the eye that can cause blindness if left untreated.
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Tunisia validated by WHO as having eliminated trachoma as a public health problem

14 May 2026
News release
Tunis/Cairo/Geneva

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