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• Algeria achieves World Health Organization validation for eliminating trachoma as a major public health threat

  Published: Apr 24, 2026

  Section: Africa

  The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention officially welcomed the validation of Algeria as the tenth country in the WHO African Region to eliminate trachoma. This miles...

• Artificial Intelligence and Field Mapping Pinpoint Household Hotspots as Final Barrier to Global Schistosomiasis Elimination

  Published: Mar 17, 2026

  Section: Science & Tech

  A 13-year collaborative study between US and Chinese researchers has developed high-precision mapping tools to locate parasitic "hotspots" at the household level. By combining trad...