'I rip out my lashes to ease pain': Eye disease afflicts Ethiopia

[Article] L'Éthiopie durement touchée par le trachome, maladie infectieuse qui rend aveugle.


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'I rip out my lashes to ease pain': Eye disease afflicts Ethiopia.
Scheicho Scheifa is haunted by the fear of going blind. 
A disease called trachoma has turned his eyelids inwards, causing his eyelashes to scar his corneas so badly that one has already turned opaque.
The 35-year-old farmer and...
This article was published Wednesday, 5 February, 2025 by AFP
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Check-ups for trachoma in a village community near Butajira

Check-ups for trachoma in a village community near Butajira


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