In Focus: Commonwealth trachoma cases halved in two years

Rates of trachoma have fallen rapidly across 22 of the 54 Commonwealth countries, with 24 million people at risk in 2020 compared to 42 million in 2018.

Vision for Commonwealth has published its first two-yearly report that tracked progress since the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in 2018 and made recommendations towards achieving the goals that were set.

At the time, heads of government committed to take action towards achieving access to quality eye care for all, which included the elimination of trachoma by 2020.

Despite the impact of Covid-19 last year, the report highlighted great strides had been made towards ending the infectious disease.