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News El Salvador » Health: WHO validates El Salvador for eliminating trachoma as public health problem

News channel or source: https://www.news-medical.net/news/20260714/WHO-validates-El-Salvador-for-eliminating-trachoma-as-public-health-problem.aspx
Published on: Monday 13 July 2026

The World Health Organization (WHO) has validated El Salvador as having eliminated trachoma as a public health problem. Trachoma is the world's leading infectious cause of blindness.

News El Salvador » Health: El Salvador Eliminates Trachoma as a Public Health Threat

News channel or source: https://www.devdiscourse.com/article/health/3949816-el-salvador-eliminates-trachoma-as-a-public-health-threat
Published on: Friday 17 July 2026

The validation followed a detailed multi-year review in which WHO examined whether trachoma remained a public health concern and assessed the country's ability to identify and respond to any future ...

News El Salvador » Health: El Salvador First in Central America to Eliminate Trachoma

News channel or source: https://www.medindia.net/news/el-salvador-first-in-central-america-to-eliminate-trachoma-224177-1.htm
Published on: Friday 17 July 2026

WHO has validated El Salvador for eliminating trachoma as a public health problem, making it the first country in Central America to achieve this milestone.

News El Salvador » Health: El Salvador launches unprecedented primary health care access system

News channel or source: https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/el-salvador-launches-unprecedented-primary-172611746.html
Published on: Tuesday 18 November 2025

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Two monitors transmit images of a camera inside the throat of a child during a tracheoplasty at the Benjamin Bloom hospital in San ...

News El Salvador » Health: DoctorSV: El Salvador's health data in Google's hands

News channel or source: https://www.heise.de/en/news/DoctorSV-El-Salvador-s-health-data-in-Google-s-hands-11264996.html
Published on: Monday 20 April 2026

El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele is launching a new tech experiment in his country. In a nationwide radio and television address last week, he announced the expansion of an AI-powered telemedicine ...

News El Salvador » Health: Health Works: Supporting Mothers: An OB-GYN’s Journey from Prenatal Care to Childbirth in El Salvador

News channel or source: https://www.worldbank.org/en/news/video/2025/10/10/health-works-supporting-mothers-an-ob-gyn-s-journey-from-prenatal-care-to-childbirth-in-el-salvador
Published on: Wednesday 15 October 2025

Discover how Zacamil National Hospital in El Salvador is transforming healthcare for mothers, children, and families with the support of the World Bank Group. Learn about the significant improvements ...

News El Salvador » Health: El Salvador becomes first country in Central America to eliminate trachoma: WHO

News channel or source: https://www.msn.com/en-in/health/diseases-and-conditions/el-salvador-becomes-first-country-in-central-america-to-eliminate-trachoma-who/ar-AA27Rm3z
Published on: Monday 13 July 2026

Trachoma is a bacterial eye infection caused by Chlamydia trachomatis. It can spread from person to person through contaminated fingers, fomites and flies that could come into contact with discharge ...