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WHO says population requiring trachoma interventions fell below 100 million
By November 2025, 97.1 million people required trachoma interventions, a 94% decline from 2002, WHO said.
Event / data period: 2026-01-06
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IllustrationWHO estimated 97.1 million people required trachoma interventions in November 2025, the first time below 100 million.
The 2002 estimate was 1.5 billion. This measures intervention need, not diagnosed cases.
Data
Official health indicators
Population, period and estimate status follow the cited source.
- Estimated population requiring interventions
- 97.1 million people
- 2025-11 · Estimate
- Historical estimate for same indicator
- 1,500 million people
- 2002 · Estimate
- Decline since 2002
- 94 %
- 2025-11 · Estimate
Methodology
Values are WHO estimates of people requiring interventions for trachoma control.
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