Cuts to foreign aid by the UK government risks a rapid return of trachoma and other neglected tropical diseases in Ethiopia and Sub-Saharan Africa, according to Orbis UK.
David Bennett, director of programme support at Orbis UK, said: ‘If the UK government is serious about eliminating neglected tropical diseases including trachoma, communities cannot wait for treatment.’
The charity’s comments marked the World Health Organization’s (WHO) World Neglected Tropical Diseases Day on January 30, which aimed to achieve health equity to end the neglect of poverty-related diseases.
‘Beating trachoma is a race against time and cuts to aid threaten the efficacy of years of hard work,’ Bennett added.
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